Disordered Defaecation

1. Physiology.- 1.1 Anal and rectal manometry.- 1.2 Electromyography and nerve latency studies.- 1.3 Defaecography.- 1.4 Ano-rectal sensation.- 1.5 Colonic motility.- 2. Constipation.- 2.1 Assessment and classification.- 2.2 Psychogenic causes in children.- 2.3 Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome.- 2.4 Surgical treatment of constipation.- 3. Faecal Incontinence.- 3.1 Neurological causes.- 3.2 Obstetric causes.- 3.3 Iatrogenic causes.- 3.4 The pathophysiology of anal leakage.- 3.5 Medical treatment.- 3.6 Biofeedback and behavioural treatment.- 3.7 Rectal prolapse.- 3.8 Post-anal repair.- 3.9 Sphincter reconstruction.- 3.10 Functional results after sphincter saving operations for low rectal tumours.- 3.11 Surgery for incontinence in Crohn’s disease.- 3.12 Incontinence after ileo-anal anastomosis.- Index of subjects.