The use of manometry, i.e. the recording of pressures within hollow viscera, after being successfully applied to the study of esophageal and anorectal motor dysfunctions, has also been used to investigate physiological and pathological conditions of the small bowel. By means of this technique, it has been possible to understand better the normal motor functions of the small intestine, and their relationship and variations following physiologic events, such as food ingestion. Moreover, intestinal manometry has proved useful to document motor abnormalities of the small bowel, although recognition of altered patterns specific for a determinate pathologic condition is still unavailable. However, this technique often permits the detection of abnormal gut motility in patients with abdominal symptoms such as unexplained vomiting and diarrhea, and it is sometimes also useful to address therapeutic targeting.

Intestinal manometry: who needs it? / Bassotti, G; Bologna, S; Ottaviani, L; Russo, M; Dore, Maria Pina. - In: GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY FROM BED TO BENCH. - ISSN 2008-4234. - (2015).

Intestinal manometry: who needs it?

DORE, Maria Pina
2015-01-01

Abstract

The use of manometry, i.e. the recording of pressures within hollow viscera, after being successfully applied to the study of esophageal and anorectal motor dysfunctions, has also been used to investigate physiological and pathological conditions of the small bowel. By means of this technique, it has been possible to understand better the normal motor functions of the small intestine, and their relationship and variations following physiologic events, such as food ingestion. Moreover, intestinal manometry has proved useful to document motor abnormalities of the small bowel, although recognition of altered patterns specific for a determinate pathologic condition is still unavailable. However, this technique often permits the detection of abnormal gut motility in patients with abdominal symptoms such as unexplained vomiting and diarrhea, and it is sometimes also useful to address therapeutic targeting.
2015
Intestinal manometry: who needs it? / Bassotti, G; Bologna, S; Ottaviani, L; Russo, M; Dore, Maria Pina. - In: GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY FROM BED TO BENCH. - ISSN 2008-4234. - (2015).
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