title: [Response to the letter to the editor: "are digital rectal examinations obsolete?"].
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Universität München, Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Campus Innenstadt, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D051517:Digital Rectal Examination; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans