TY - JOUR AU - Caetano, A. C. AU - Costa, D. AU - Gonçalves, R. AU - Correia-Pinto, J. AU - Rolanda, C. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/14 TI - Does sequential balloon expulsion test improve the screening of defecation disorders? JO - BMC Gastroenterology SP - 338 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - A defecation disorder (DD) is a difficulty in evacuation documented by physiological exams. However, this physiological evaluation can be cumbersome, inaccessible and costly. Three “low-cost” tools to evaluate DD—a clinical DD score, the balloon expulsion test (BET) and a digital rectal examination (DRE) score were evaluated as separate or combined tests for DD screening. SN - 1471-230X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-020-01490-x DO - 10.1186/s12876-020-01490-x ID - Caetano2020 ER -