title: Continence disorders.
abstract: Strategies to evaluate patients with continence disorders continue to evolve at a rapid pace. These novel methods quantify physiologic events that, in turn, facilitate increasingly accurate discrimination among the causes of incontinence and constipation. This review discusses recent advances in the causes, diagnostic approaches, and management options available for patients with continence disorders.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Grotz
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Pemberton
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004576:Electromyography; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative; D012007:Rectum / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery