Rectal expulsion device may predict outcomes in patients with chronic constipation

SAN DIEGO — An investigational, point-of-care rectal expulsion device may help determine whether patients with chronic constipation will improve with pelvic floor physical therapy, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.“[Rectal expulsion device (RED)] was specifically designed to simplify and pull the tertiary care paradigm of anorectal function testing downstream to any general gastroenterologists’ medical office for patients with chronic constipation,” Eric D. Shah, MD, MBA, assistant professor at Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine andRead More

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