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. 1980 Feb;21(2):137–140. doi: 10.1136/gut.21.2.137

Relationship of proctitis and rectal capacity in Crohn's disease.

P Buchmann, G A Mogg, J Alexander-Williams, R N Allan, M R Keighley
PMCID: PMC1419346  PMID: 7380336

Abstract

In patients with Crohn's disease involving the rectum (n=25), there was an inverse relationship between rectal capacity and the degree of proctitis. However, in patients with Crohn's disease not involving the rectum (n=22) the rectal capacity was similar to that of normal controls (n=20). The frequency of defaecation was not related to the degree of proctitis or to the pressure of a colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis. Control subjects had a significantly lower frequency of defaecation than patients with Crohn's disease irrespective of involvement of the rectum.

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