Open AccessSphincter of Oddi dysfunction: Psychosocial distresscorrelates with manometric dyskinesia but not stenosis
Author(s) -
Ethelle Bennett,
P. R. Evans,
J. F. Dowsett,
John Kellow
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.6080
Subject(s) - dyskinesia , psychosocial , medicine , stenosis , cohort , distress , sphincter of oddi , psychology , psychiatry , gastroenterology , clinical psychology , disease , parkinson's disease
To compare postcholecystectomy patients with Sphincter of Oddi (SO) dyskinesia and those with normal SO motility to determine the psychosocial distress, gender and objective clinical correlates of dyskinesia, and contrast these findings with comparisons between SO stenosis and normal SO motility.