Young Sin Cho, Yoo Jin Lee, Jeong Eun Shin, Hye-Kyung Jung, Seon-Young Park, Seung Joo Kang, Kyung Ho Song, Jung-Wook Kim, Hyun Chul Lim, Hee Sun Park, Seong-Jung Kim, Ra Ri Cha, Ki Bae Bang, Chang Seok Bang, Sung Kyun Yim, Seung-Bum Ryoo, Bong Hyeon Kye, Woong Bae Ji, Miyoung Choi, In-Kyung Sung, Suck Chei Choi
Chronic constipation is one of the most common digestive diseases encountered in clinical practice. Constipation manifests as a variety of symptoms, such as infrequent bowel movements, hard stools, feeling of incomplete evacuation, straining at defecation, a sense of anorectal blockage during defecation, and use of digital maneuvers to assist defecation. During the diagnosis of chronic constipation, the Bristol Stool Form Scale, colonoscopy, and a digital rectal examination are useful for objective symptom evaluation and differential diagnosis of secondary constipation...
July 30, 2023: Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility