Hechos históricos en pacientes con disfunción del piso pelviano / History of patients with pelvic floor dysfunction

OBJECTIVES: 1) To determine differences between sexes; 2) To determine differences by sex and age groups in symptom onset, time of evolution, clinical forms and probable associated causes. POPULATION AND SAMPLE: 83 consecutive patients with diagnosed PCP (X age = 50.9 SE 2.21). 25 males (30.1% x 51.2 years-old, SE 4.1) and 58 females (69.9%, X 50.8 years-old, SE 2.2). Patients with organic colon-rectum pathology (with the exception of hemorrhoidal pathology, proctologic surgery and active anus fissure) had been excluded. METHODS: ...

Alteraciones de la mecanosensibilidad gastrica, del vaciamiento gastrico y de la electrograstrografia en pacientes con dispepsia no organica (DNO) / Abnormalities in gastric mechano sensitivity, gastric emptying and electrogastrography in non organic dyspepsia (NOD)

The aim to study the alterations in mechanosensitivity gastric emptying, and electrogastrography (E.G.G.) in a population of patients suffering from N.O.D. eighteen controls (9 males, 9 females, mean age 49.33 years old0.01). Twenty porcent of controls showed isolated tachygastria, but dominant frecuencies never were higher than 6 c.p.m and never last more than 8 percent of the total recording time. Sixty eight point seventy five porcent of N.O.D. showed arrhytmias, 48 percent of tachygastrias were in the range 30-60 percent of total recording time. No differences in gastric emptying between patient presenting pain with=<700ml. and <700ml. of balloon inflation were seen. Patients with sensorial treshold=<700ml. showeed less frequent tachigastria (0.01