
Rome II Criteria for Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia
Specialty: | Gastroenterology |
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Description: | Pelvic floor dyssynergia involves an abnormality of the pelvic floor muscles (failure to relax, paradoxical contraction) during attempts to defecate. This may result in difficult and/or incomplete defecation. Criteria for its identification were defined at the Rome II Conference for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. |
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