Digital rectal examination and balloon expulsion test in the study of defecatory disorders: are they suitable as screening or excluding tests?

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  • who: Digital Rectal Examination and collaborators from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho have published the research work: Digital Rectal Examination and Balloon Expulsion Test in the Study of Defecatory Disorders: Are They Suitable as Screening or Excluding Tests?, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 22/09/2016
  • what: Taking into consideration the characteristics of the BET, when the authors evaluate the studies that used only water as simulated stool (10 studies), sensitivity was 71% and specificity was 80%. With current data, although . . .

     

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