If you do have pain that isn’t coming from another spasm, another anorectal condition may be causing it, so talk to your doctor to rule out other conditions. Chronic proctalgia fugax.

In contrast, anorectal mucosal melanoma was associated with a higher risk of liver metastases relative to the overall study population. Median survival was also lower for stage IV anorectal ...

Most who undergo colostomies must constantly carry around an attached bag to collect feces. For the last decade or so, doctors and surgeons have been contemplating a new "supreme" method for restoring ...

Some of these muscles include the pelvic floor and anorectal muscles. The pelvic floor muscles are at the base of a person’s pelvis. They allow a person to voluntarily urinate and defecate.

Variation in mortality from digestive system cancers in Peru during the period 2001–2020 and its prediction to 2030. Demographic characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease patients in Saudi Arabia ...

Real-world analysis of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does ...

The Center for Anorectal Diseases at Baylor Medicine in Houston, Texas, directed by Dr. Waqar Qureshi, consists of a dedicated team of clinicians specially trained to handle complex anorectal ...

Adding the T-DOC ® Air-Charged™ Anorectal Manometry Catheter to your EMG, nerve stimulation, sensation measurements, anal ultrasonography, and defecography studies provides essential ...

The puborectalis muscle, which loops around the rectum like a sling, normally pulls the rectum forward to create a tight angle (known as the anorectal angle). During defaecation, the puborectalis ...