Constipation and LUTS: how do they affect each other?

CONTEXT: Urinary bladder and rectum share a common embryological origin. Their autonomic and somatic innervations have close similarities. Moreover, the close proximity of these two organ systems could suggest that dysfunction in one may influence, also mechanically, the function of the other. There...

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Main Authors: Marcio A. Averbeck, Helmut Madersbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2011-02-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382011000100003