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Compliance and capacity of the normal human rectum: Physical considerations and measurement Pitfalls

Author(s) -

A. P. Zbar

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

acta chirurgica iugoslavica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2406-0887

pISSN - 0354-950X

DOI - 10.2298/aci0702049z

Subject(s) - barostat , rectum , compliance (psychology) , distension , medicine , stiffness , viscoelasticity , surgery , engineering , structural engineering , materials science , social psychology , psychology , composite material

The assessment of parameters which adequately represent rectal and neorectal compliance is complex. Biological properties of the rectum during distension and relaxation show significant departures from in vitro physical compliance measurements; as much dependent upon the viscoelastic charateristics of hollow organ deformation as upon the technique of compliance calculation. This review discusses the pressure/volume characteristics of importance in the rectum during distension from a bioengineering perspective and outlines the disparities of such measurements in living biological systems. Techniques and pitfalls of newer methods to assess rectal wall stiffness (impedance planimetry and barostat measurement) are discussed.

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