Below are suggested reading and educational material on defaecation disorders, selected for trainees.
- Results of the international audit for faecal incontinence on behalf of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group (2025)
- Transanal irrigation: bridging the gap in treatment for chronic constipation and/or faecal incontinence - a systematic review and management guidance (2025)
- Biofeedback training versus botox injection for the treatment of dyssynergic defaecation: a randomized controlled trial (2025)
- Can we use integrated total pelvic floor ultrasound as a screening tool in defaecatory pelvic floor dysfunction? A prospective evaluation of the accuracy of integrated total pelvic floor ultrasound compared with defaecation proctography (2025)
- Altemeier's procedure after laparoscopic rectopexy in refractory Crohn's proctitis - a video vignette (2024)
- Toward a core outcome set for faecal incontinence - a systematic review of outcomes reported in the literature (2024)
- Risk factors for complications following sacral neuromodulation for faecal incontinence: long-term follow-up (2024)
- One-stage implant in sacral neuromodulation for faecal incontinence – short-term outcome from a prospective study (2024)
- Effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of sacral neuromodulation for idiopathic slow-transit constipation: a systematic review (2024)
- Irritable bowel syndrome worsens faecal incontinence after primary repair of major obstetric anal sphincter injuries (2024)
- A systematic review and a meta-analysis on the incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injuries during vaginal delivery (2023)
- video Faecal Incontinence and Obstructed Defecation Series Webinar 01: Physiology and Diagnostics (2023)
- Habit training versus habit training with direct visual biofeedback in adults with chronic constipation: a randomized controlled trial (2023)
- The influence of defaecating proctograms on clinical decision-making in pelvic floor disorders (2023)
- Nerve stimulator guided block for anorectal surgery - a video vignette (2022)
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the outcome of puborectalis division in the treatment of anismus (2022)
- X-ray video defaecography is superior to magnetic resonance defaecography in the imaging of defaecation disorders (2022)
- Laparoscopic Frykman-Goldberg procedure for internal rectal prolapse and chronic constipation - a video vignette (2022)
- Management guidelines for low anterior resection syndrome - the MANUEL project (2021)
- Ileostomy for chronic constipation: a good idea or just asking for more trouble? (2021)
- Altered anal slow-wave pressure activity in low anterior resection syndrome: short case series in two independent specialist centres provide new mechanistic insights (2020)
- Nurse-led standardized intervention for low anterior resection syndrome. A population-based pilot study (2020)
- Altered colonic motility is associated with low anterior resection syndrome (2020)
- The science behind programming algorithms for sacral neuromodulation (2020)
- Is there any association between symptoms and findings on imaging in pelvic floor defaecatory dysfunction? A prospective study (2020)
- Optimizing sacral neuromodulation for low anterior resection syndrome: learning from our experience (2020)
- Botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of dyssynergic defaecation in adults: a systematic review (2020)
- Low anterior resection syndrome in a Scandinavian population of patients with rectal cancer: a longitudinal follow-up within the QoLiRECT study (2020)
- Utility of the Mansoura Numeroalphabetic Constipation Score in detection of obstructed defaecation syndrome and prediction of the outcome of treatment (2020)
- Sacral nerve stimulation for bowel dysfunction following low anterior resection: a systematic review and meta‐analysis (2019)
- Comparison of dynamic magnetic resonance defaecography with rectal contrast and conventional defaecography for posterior pelvic floor compartment prolapse (2017)
- MRI defaecography in patients with faecal incontinence (2015)