Rectal compliance: a critical reappraisa
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R. D. Madoff; W. J. Orrom; D. A. Rothenberger; S. M. Goldberg
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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Compliance is a widely measured parameter of rectal function. Its value is determined clinically by recording pressure changes associated with volume infusion into a rectal balloon. This paper examines the inherent assumptions of the rectal balloon technique and discusses several of its shortcomings