title: Reappraisal of endorectal pull-through procedure. II. Animal experiment.
abstract: Anorectal manometry and pelvic histology following endorectal pull-through and simple abdominoperineal pull-through procedures were studied experimentally in dogs. dogs that had undergone endorectal pull-through preserved normal resting pressure of the anal canal, rectoanal reflex response, and intact perirectal anatomy. Dogs that had simple abdominoperineal pull-through, on the other hand, showed low anal canal pressure, loss of rectoanal reflex, and damage of the pelvic muscles. good continence following endorectal pull-through operation was supported by these physiologic and anatomic studies.
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004210:Dissection; D004285:Dogs; D008365:Manometry; D008531:Megacolon / Q000601:surgery*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology