Stapled transanal rectal resection is a new surgical technique for obstructed defecation syndrome. A research group in China investigated the safety and efficacy of the novel procedure and performed ...

In a recent study conducted by Zen Hospital, it found that women aged between 45-60 years commonly suffer from a condition known as Obstructed Defecation Syndrome (ODS). ODS is also called Rectal ...

Do you tend to pass hard stools? Or strain excessively while passing stool? It may not be constipation, instead, you must be suffering from a condition called obstructive defecation syndrome. Yes, you ...

Obstructed Defecation Syndrome, ODS, has come to the forefront only in the last decade, as it is difficult to detect, often patients were given the wrong treatment. If timely treatment is not imparted ...

As per a study published in the Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging in 2015, patients with obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS) form an important subset of patients with chronic constipation.

However, there is also evidence that pathophysiological abnormalities in obstructed defecation may be not be confined to the very distal colonic area. Data from radiologic and scintigraphic studies ...

Obstructive defecation syndrome (ODS) can be termed as the inability to pass stool through the digestive tract out of the rectum. This might be characterised by the need to strain with bowel movements ...