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Evacuation Proctography and Dynamic Cystoproctography

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Imaging Pelvic Floor Disorders

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Evacuation proctography is a simple radiological technique that images rectal voiding of a barium paste enema. Evacuating proctography serves two main purposes: It images rectal configuration throughout all phases of rectal evacuation and also provides an assessment of whether voiding is normal or difficult (which usually means prolonged). Thus, evacuation proctography provides both morphological and functional information.

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  1. Department of Specialist X-Ray, University College Hospital, 2F Podium, 235 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK

    Stuart A. Taylor MD, MRCP, FRCR (Senior Lecturer in Radiology) & Steve Halligan MD, MRCP, FRCR (Professor of Gastrointestinal Radiology)

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Taylor, S.A., Halligan, S. (2008). Evacuation Proctography and Dynamic Cystoproctography. In: Imaging Pelvic Floor Disorders. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71968-7_4

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