Assessment of various parameters of the rectoanal inhibitory reflex yielded important information regarding the continence mechanism. Altered responses of the internal anal sphincter in anorectal disorders plays a role in the associated physiologic impairment. This may have significant clinical implications with regard to sphincter-saving resections.
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