Analysis of biomechanical parameters extracted from anorectal manometry of fecally-continent and incontinent patients Análisis de parámetros biomecánicos extraídos de la manometría recto-anal de pacientes con continencia e incontinencia fecal Análise de parâmetros biomecânicos extraídos da manometria anorretal de pacientes continentes e com incontinência fecal

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the average resulting area from the Pressure x Time curves resulting from the manometric anorectal exam and compare it with the support capacity of voluntary squeeze. Materials and METHODS: the data set was represented by data from 11 exams from continent patients and eight ex...

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Main Authors: Bianca Espindola, Chris Mayara dos Santos Tibes, Huei Diana Lee, Renato Bobsin Machado, André Gustavo Maletzke, Wu Feng Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692012000600014