1988
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(88)90188-2
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Treatment of Anismus in Intractable Constipation With Botulinum a Toxin

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“…29,82 Injection of botulinum toxin into the anal sphincter has been tried with mixed results. 29,83 In both of these studies there was some improvement in less than one half of patients but troublesome incontinence occurred in one study. 83 Botulinum toxin seems to be useful in children.…”
Section: Other Measures For Dyssynergic Defecation Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…29,82 Injection of botulinum toxin into the anal sphincter has been tried with mixed results. 29,83 In both of these studies there was some improvement in less than one half of patients but troublesome incontinence occurred in one study. 83 Botulinum toxin seems to be useful in children.…”
Section: Other Measures For Dyssynergic Defecation Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…29,83 In both of these studies there was some improvement in less than one half of patients but troublesome incontinence occurred in one study. 83 Botulinum toxin seems to be useful in children. …”
Section: Other Measures For Dyssynergic Defecation Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…It is a potent bacterial neurotoxin that acts on the neuromuscular junction to block the release of acetylcholine from pre-synaptic cholinergic nerves. 16,17 This effect is dose-dependent and requires 4 to 6 months to wear off. Botulinum toxin has been used successfully in both adults and children to treat hypertonicity and spasticity of the skeletal and smooth muscles.…”
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“…Dies entspricht vermutlich dem, was bisher von vielen Autoren als Anismus bezeichnet wurde [1, 18,21]. Dies erklfirt, weshalb die Ergebnisse einer Botulinumtoxinbehandlung in solchen F~illen von sogenanntem ,,Anismus" so extrem unterschiedtich sind [8]. Die Definition der Erkrankung war einfach nicht einheitlich.…”
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“…Bei einer kª erschienenen Untersuchung an 134 Patienten mit funktioneller Obstipation fanden sich immerhin 35%, bei denen weder in der Deffikographie, in der Manometrie, in der Kolontransitzeit noch in der EMG-Untersuchung des Musculus puborectatis ein organischer Befund erhoben werden konnte [8]. Ob bei diesen Patienten eine psychische Genese der Obstipation vorliegt oder ob wir mit unseren Untersuchungsverfahren heute noch nicht in der Lage sind, eine zugrundeliegende organische Genese zu erfassen, l~iBt sich natª nicht sagen.…”
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