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  1. Article ; Online: Outcomes of atypical (B3) core biopsy lesions diagnosed across BreastScreen NSW, Australia.

    Chou, Richard / Tran, Diana / Descallar, Joseph / Jalaludin, Bin / Soon, Patsy S

    Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland)

    2024  Volume 75, Page(s) 103720

    Abstract: Introduction: Atypical or B3 lesions comprise a heterogeneous group of uncertain malignant potential. B3 lesions diagnosed on core biopsy are usually recommended for diagnostic open biopsy. Identifying factors which could allow conservative management ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Atypical or B3 lesions comprise a heterogeneous group of uncertain malignant potential. B3 lesions diagnosed on core biopsy are usually recommended for diagnostic open biopsy. Identifying factors which could allow conservative management of B3 lesions would be helpful in avoiding unnecessary surgery. The aim of this study was to identify the upgrade rate to malignancy for B3 core biopsy lesions and to compare characteristics of lesions which were malignant and benign at excision.
    Method: This retrospective study used data from BreastScreen New South Wales (NSW), Australia, of women who were diagnosed with B3 lesions on needle biopsy from 2011 to 2019.
    Results: During the study period, 1927 B3 lesions were included. The upgrade rate to malignancy was 26.4%. Of the malignant lesions on excision, 29.6% were invasive and 69.2% were in situ. The rates of upgrade to invasive cancer and DCIS varied substantially with the core biopsy lesion type. Lesions with atypia on core biopsy had significantly higher upgrade rates to malignancy at 34.7% compared to 13.6% for lesions without atypia (p < 0.0001). Lesions with malignant pathology were significantly larger than those with benign pathology (difference = 5.1 mm (95% CI 2.7-7.5 mm), p < 0.001).
    Conclusions: The overall upgrade rate of B3 lesions to malignancy was 26.4%. The majority of the lesions were upgraded to DCIS instead of invasive cancer. Upgrade rates varied by lesion type. Lesions with atypia had significantly higher upgrade rates to cancer compared to lesions without atypia. Malignant lesions were significantly larger than benign lesions.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-29
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1143210-x
    ISSN 1532-3080 ; 0960-9776
    ISSN (online) 1532-3080
    ISSN 0960-9776
    DOI 10.1016/j.breast.2024.103720
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  2. Article ; Online: RheuMetric Quantitative 0 to 10 Physician Estimates of Inflammation, Damage, and Distress in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Validation Against Reference Measures.

    Rodwell, Nicholas / Hassett, Geraldine / Bird, Paul / Pincus, Theodore / Descallar, Joseph / Gibson, Kathryn A

    ACR open rheumatology

    2023  Volume 5, Issue 10, Page(s) 511–521

    Abstract: Objective: To analyze a RheuMetric checklist, which includes four feasible physician 0 to 10 scores for DOCGL, inflammation (DOCINF), damage (DOCDAM), and distress (DOCSTR) for criterion and discriminant validity against standard reference measures.: ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To analyze a RheuMetric checklist, which includes four feasible physician 0 to 10 scores for DOCGL, inflammation (DOCINF), damage (DOCDAM), and distress (DOCSTR) for criterion and discriminant validity against standard reference measures.
    Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional assessment was performed at one routine care visit at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Rheumatologists recorded DOCGL, DOCINF, DOCDAM, DOCSTR, and 28 joint counts for swelling (SJC), tenderness (TJC), and limited motion/deformity (DJC). Patients completed a multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ), which includes routine assessment of patient index data (RAPID3), fibromyalgia assessment screening tool (FAST4), and MDHAQ depression screen (MDS2). Laboratory tests and radiographic scores were recorded. RheuMetric estimates of inflammation, damage, and distress were compared with reference and other measures using correlations and linear regressions.
    Results: In 173 patients with RA, variation in RheuMetric DOCINF was explained significantly by SJC and inversely by disease duration; variation in DOCDAM was explained significantly by DJC, radiographic scores, and physical function; and variation in DOCSTR was explained significantly by fibromyalgia and depression.
    Conclusion: RheuMetric DOCINF, DOCDAM, and DOCSTR estimates were correlated significantly and specifically with reference measures of inflammation, damage, and distress, documenting criterion and discriminant validity.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2578-5745
    ISSN (online) 2578-5745
    DOI 10.1002/acr2.11574
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  3. Article ; Online: Taking the first step: protocol for a cluster randomised implementation trial comparing strategies on access to exercise programmes for people with knee osteoarthritis.

    Mills, Kathryn / Bowden, Jocelyn L / Boland, Robert / Pardey, Margery / Descallar, Joseph / Naylor, Justine M

    BMJ open

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 8, Page(s) e071045

    Abstract: Introduction: This cluster randomised implementation trial will assess the effect of two behavioural change interventions on the proportion of people with structural knee osteoarthritis (OA) referred and attending exercise-based professionals ( ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: This cluster randomised implementation trial will assess the effect of two behavioural change interventions on the proportion of people with structural knee osteoarthritis (OA) referred and attending exercise-based professionals (physiotherapists and exercise physiologists). The interventions are designed to increase awareness of guidelines, benefits and access pathways for exercise therapy. We hypothesise either strategy will result in more people with knee OA being referred and attending physiotherapy/exercise physiology than current standard of care.
    Methods and analysis: We will recruit 30 radiology clinics. 10 clinics will be randomly assigned to each trial arm with 1020 people with knee OA consecutively recruited (102 people per practice) into each arm. Intervention arm 1 is an educational reminder message targeted at primary care practitioners with a hyperlink to national guidelines regarding knee OA clinical management. It will be included in the reporting template of a plain knee X-ray. Intervention arm 2 is the reminder message and a patient-facing infographic explaining the benefits and access pathways for exercise. Both interventions will be delivered once, by the radiology clinics, when a person undergoes plain X-ray for non-traumatic knee pain/dysfunction. The primary outcome is referral to physiotherapist/exercise physiology. The secondary outcome is attendance to that appointment. Both outcomes are self-reported via an online survey administered 4 weeks after the X-ray. Additional survey questions explore facilitators and barriers to appointment attendance and acceptability of the interventions. A subsample of the intervention groups will be recruited for semistructured telephone-based interviews to further explore these latter outcomes.
    Ethics and dissemination: The study protocol was approved by Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee (#520221190343842) and prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. The findings of the trial will be disseminated through peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences. We will engage with Australian physician colleges and main-stream media to distribute findings.
    Trial registration number: ACTRN12622001414707p.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Australia ; Exercise Therapy/methods ; Osteoarthritis, Knee ; Pain/complications ; Treatment Outcome ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Clinical Trial Protocol ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2599832-8
    ISSN 2044-6055 ; 2044-6055
    ISSN (online) 2044-6055
    ISSN 2044-6055
    DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071045
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  4. Article ; Online: Survey of barriers to adherence to international inflammatory bowel disease guidelines: does gastroenterologists' confidence translate to high adherence?

    Kanazaki, Ria / Smith, Ben / Girgis, Afaf / Descallar, Joseph / Connor, Susan

    Internal medicine journal

    2022  Volume 52, Issue 8, Page(s) 1330–1338

    Abstract: Background: Despite the availability of evidence-based inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) guidelines, suboptimal care persists. There is little published research assessing barriers to IBD guideline adherence.: Aim: To identify barriers to IBD ... ...

    Abstract Background: Despite the availability of evidence-based inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) guidelines, suboptimal care persists. There is little published research assessing barriers to IBD guideline adherence.
    Aim: To identify barriers to IBD guideline adherence including gastroenterologists' knowledge and attitudes towards guidelines.
    Methods: An online cross-sectional survey of 824 Australian gastroenterologists was conducted from April to August 2018, with 198 (24%) responses. A novel survey was developed that was informed by the theoretical domain's framework.
    Results: Confidence in guideline recommendations was high; however, referral to them was low. The European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation guidelines were referred to most commonly (43.6%). In multivariate analysis, significant predictors of frequent versus infrequent guideline referral were: high confidence in the guideline (odds ratio (OR) 7.70; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.43-24.39; P = 0.001), and low (≤10 years) clinical experience (OR 3.62; 95% CI: 1.11-11.79; P = 0.03). The most common barriers to guideline adherence were not having time (62%), followed by guideline specifics being difficult to remember (61%). Low confidence was reported in managing pregnancy and IBD (34%) and loss of response to therapy (29%). High confidence was reported in managing immunomodulators; however, only 43% answered the associated knowledge question correctly.
    Conclusion: Although gastroenterologists have high confidence in guidelines, they use them infrequently, primarily due to specifics being difficult to remember and lack of time. Self-reported confidence in an area of IBD management does not always reflect knowledge. An intervention targeting these barriers, for example, computer-based clinical decision support tools, might improve adherence and standardise care.
    MeSH term(s) Australia/epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Gastroenterologists ; Gastroenterology ; Guideline Adherence ; Humans ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/diagnosis ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/epidemiology ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/therapy ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-31
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2045436-3
    ISSN 1445-5994 ; 1444-0903
    ISSN (online) 1445-5994
    ISSN 1444-0903
    DOI 10.1111/imj.15299
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  5. Article: Screening for Anxiety in Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis Using the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire.

    Islam, Sadia Tasnim / Descallar, Joseph / Martens, David / Hassett, Geraldine / Gibson, Kathryn Alleyne

    The Journal of rheumatology

    2023  Volume 50, Issue 10, Page(s) 1273–1278

    Abstract: Objective: To analyze the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) in screening for anxiety in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), compared to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) as the ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To analyze the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) in screening for anxiety in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), compared to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) as the reference standard.
    Methods: Patients with a physician diagnosis of RA or PsA were invited to complete the MDHAQ and HADS at their routine rheumatology clinic visit. Sensitivity, specificity, percent agreement, and [Formula: see text] statistics were used to evaluate agreement between 2 MDHAQ items for anxiety and HADS subscale for Anxiety (HADS-A) score of ≥ 8. The first item is a question asked on a 4-point scale (0-3.3), and the second is a yes or no (blank) question asked within a 60-item review of symptoms (ROS) checklist.
    Results: The study included 183 participants, of whom 126 (68.9%) had RA and 57 (31.1%) had PsA. The mean age was 57.3 years and 66.7% were female. Positive screening for anxiety according to a HADS-A score of ≥ 8 was seen in 39.3% of patients. Compared to those with a HADS-A score of ≥ 8, patients with an MDHAQ score of ≥ 2.2 or a positive on ROS had a sensitivity of 69.9%, specificity of 73.6% and substantial agreement (agreement 80.9%, [Formula: see text] 0.59).
    Conclusion: The MDHAQ provides information similar to the HADS in screening for anxiety in patients with RA and PsA. The use of this single questionnaire, which can also be used to monitor clinical status and to screen for fibromyalgia and depression without requiring multiple questionnaires, may prove a valuable tool in routine clinical practice.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Male ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; Arthritis, Psoriatic/complications ; Arthritis, Psoriatic/diagnosis ; Severity of Illness Index ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/complications ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/diagnosis ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Anxiety/diagnosis
    Chemical Substances Reactive Oxygen Species
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-01
    Publishing country Canada
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 194928-7
    ISSN 1499-2752 ; 0315-162X
    ISSN (online) 1499-2752
    ISSN 0315-162X
    DOI 10.3899/jrheum.2022-1261
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  6. Article ; Online: Polypharmacy and the use of low or limited value medications in advanced cancer.

    Haider, Sana / Descallar, Joseph / Moylan, Eugene / Chua, Wei

    Internal medicine journal

    2021  Volume 51, Issue 11, Page(s) 1891–1896

    Abstract: Background: Patients with advanced malignancy are often on medications for co-morbidities, including those for primary or secondary prevention. The benefit from these medications can be limited and may result in adverse effects, interact with ... ...

    Abstract Background: Patients with advanced malignancy are often on medications for co-morbidities, including those for primary or secondary prevention. The benefit from these medications can be limited and may result in adverse effects, interact with medications used for the malignancy or associated symptoms, increase pill burden and reduce quality of life.
    Aims: To evaluate the proportion of patients with advanced malignancy that were continued on low or limited value medications and identify the factors associated with this. We also sought to determine how prevalent polypharmacy was within this group of patients and the factors associated with this.
    Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of patients with incurable malignancy admitted under medical oncology at Liverpool Hospital over a 90-day period. Demographic variables, co-morbidities, disease related parameters and medications were reviewed. Criteria were established to identify low or limited value medications.
    Results: Seventy-eight patients were identified between September and December 2018. Thirty-day mortality was 33%. Sixty-five percent of the cohort was on five or more medications and 24% on 10 or more. One low or limited value medication was reported in 36% and 20% were on two or more. Age ≤60 years was associated with a risk of being on at least one unnecessary medication. Patients with fewer co-morbidities and those in their last 3 months of life were significantly less likely to have polypharmacy. Nine percent of the cohort was on three or more antihypertensives and 6% of patients were on three or more oral hypoglycaemics.
    Conclusion: Polypharmacy and continued prescribing of low or limited value medications was identified in a high proportion of patients. Further studies are needed to assess the impact of continuing these medications, as well as investigation of patient and physician attitudes towards de-escalation.
    MeSH term(s) Comorbidity ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Neoplasms/epidemiology ; Polypharmacy ; Quality of Life ; Retrospective Studies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-24
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2045436-3
    ISSN 1445-5994 ; 1444-0903
    ISSN (online) 1445-5994
    ISSN 1444-0903
    DOI 10.1111/imj.14964
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  7. Article ; Online: Relationship between diversional stoma and mortality rate in Fournier's gangrene: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sarofim, Mina / Di Re, Angelina / Descallar, Joseph / Toh, James Wei Tatt

    Langenbeck's archives of surgery

    2021  Volume 406, Issue 8, Page(s) 2581–2590

    Abstract: Purpose: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare potentially lethal necrotising infection of the perineum. While the gold standard management is early and aggressive surgical debridement, the evidence in the literature is unclear as to the role and outcomes ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare potentially lethal necrotising infection of the perineum. While the gold standard management is early and aggressive surgical debridement, the evidence in the literature is unclear as to the role and outcomes of diversional stoma.
    Methods: A systematic review was conducted to identify studies investigating the relationship between stoma formation and FG. Meta-analyses were performed using a random-effects model.
    Results: Twenty-seven studies (n=1482) were included. There was no significant difference in disease severity scores between the stoma and no stoma groups. Mortality rate was significantly higher in patients who required diversional stoma (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.13-2.59, p=0.01). Significantly more surgical procedures were performed on patients who underwent stoma formation, and the total hospital cost was also higher in this group. This study may have been limited by bias in patients with more fulminant course or sphincter damage requiring stoma as a medical necessity.
    Conclusion: These findings suggest that the use of diversional stoma in FG is a predictor of poor outcomes. This study demonstrated that mortality rate remained high and a diversional stoma did not reduce risk of mortality as suggested by smaller case series. Its use should therefore be individualised based on disease severity and sphincter damage.
    MeSH term(s) Debridement ; Fournier Gangrene/surgery ; Humans ; Perineum/surgery ; Severity of Illness Index
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-16
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Meta-Analysis ; Systematic Review
    ZDB-ID 1423681-3
    ISSN 1435-2451 ; 1435-2443
    ISSN (online) 1435-2451
    ISSN 1435-2443
    DOI 10.1007/s00423-021-02175-z
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  8. Article ; Online: Effectiveness of Oxycodone Hydrochloride (Strong Opioid) vs Combination Acetaminophen and Codeine (Mild Opioid) for Subacute Pain After Fractures Managed Surgically: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Jenkin, Deanne E / Naylor, Justine M / Descallar, Joseph / Harris, Ian A

    JAMA network open

    2021  Volume 4, Issue 11, Page(s) e2134988

    Abstract: Importance: Patients with a surgically managed fracture are commonly discharged from the hospital with a strong opioid prescription, but limited evidence exists to support this practice.: Objective: To test the hypothesis that strong opioids provide ... ...

    Abstract Importance: Patients with a surgically managed fracture are commonly discharged from the hospital with a strong opioid prescription, but limited evidence exists to support this practice.
    Objective: To test the hypothesis that strong opioids provide greater analgesia than mild opioids over the first week postdischarge from hospital after fracture surgical treatment.
    Design, setting, and participants: This double-blind, superiority, randomized clinical trial was conducted at a single-center, major trauma hospital in Sydney, Australia. Participants were inpatients who had sustained an acute nonpathological facture of a long bone or the pelvis, patella, calcaneus, or talus who were treated with surgical fixation and enrolled from July 27, 2016, to August 22, 2017. Data were analyzed from June through October 2018.
    Interventions: Initiation at discharge of oxycodone hydrochloride 5 mg of 10 mg (ie, 1 or 2 tablets) or combination acetaminophen and codeine 500 mg and 8 mg or 1000 mg and 16 mg (ie, 1 or 2 tablets) 4 times daily for a maximum duration of 3 weeks.
    Main outcomes and measures: The primary outcome was the mean of daily pain scores collected during week 1 of treatment measured using the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NRS). Participants were asked to rate their mean pain over the previous 24 hours daily using an NRS score from 0 to 10, with 0 representing no pain and 10 representing the worst pain imaginable. The key secondary outcomes were EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) responses, worst pain, medication adverse events, global perceived effect, and return to work.
    Results: A total of 120 patients with 1 or more acute orthopedic fractures requiring surgical fixation were randomized, including 59 patients in the strong-opioid group (43 [72.9%] men; mean [SD] age, 36.0 [14.1] years; mean oral morphine equivalent for days 1-7 of 32.9 mg) and 61 patients in the mild opioid group (47 [77.1%] men; mean [SD] age, 38.2 [13.5] years; mean oral morphine equivalent for days 1-7 of 5.5 mg). From days 1 to 7 postdischarge, the mean daily NRS mean pain score was 4.04 (95% Cl, 3.67 to 4.41) in the strong opioid group and 4.54 (95% Cl, 4.17 to 4.90) in the mild opioid group. The between-group difference of the primary outcome was not statistically significant (-0.50 [95% Cl, -1.11 to 0.12]; P = .11) despite a 6-fold increased dose of opioids being delivered in the strong opioid group.
    Conclusions and relevance: This study found that treatment with strong opioid medication subacutely was not superior to treatment with milder medication for treatment of pain among patients with surgically managed orthopedic fractures. These findings suggest that ongoing first-line strong opioid use after discharge from the hospital should not be supported.
    Trial registration: Australia New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry No.: ACTRN12616000941460.
    MeSH term(s) Acetaminophen/therapeutic use ; Adult ; Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use ; Australia ; Codeine/therapeutic use ; Double-Blind Method ; Drug Combinations ; Female ; Fractures, Bone/surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Orthopedic Procedures/adverse effects ; Oxycodone/therapeutic use ; Pain Management/methods ; Pain, Postoperative/drug therapy ; Pain, Postoperative/etiology ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances Analgesics, Opioid ; Drug Combinations ; Acetaminophen (362O9ITL9D) ; Oxycodone (CD35PMG570) ; Codeine (UX6OWY2V7J)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2574-3805
    ISSN (online) 2574-3805
    DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34988
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  9. Article: Rational Clinical Pathology Assessment in Intensive Care Unit (RCPA-ICU): Follow-up study.

    Rachakonda, Kanaka S / Bhonagiri, Satyadeepak / Maley, Michael W / Descallar, Joseph / Lombardo, Lien

    Anaesthesia and intensive care

    2022  Volume 51, Issue 2, Page(s) 149–151

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Follow-Up Studies ; Intensive Care Units ; Pathology, Clinical ; Critical Care
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 187524-3
    ISSN 1448-0271 ; 0310-057X
    ISSN (online) 1448-0271
    ISSN 0310-057X
    DOI 10.1177/0310057X221106488
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  10. Article ; Online: Pelvic floor training improves faecal incontinence and obstructed defaecation despite the presence of rectal intussusception.

    Albayati, Sinan / Bhai, Doleen / Descallar, Joseph / Turner, Catherine E / Berney, Christophe / Morgan, Matthew J

    ANZ journal of surgery

    2022  Volume 93, Issue 5, Page(s) 1253–1256

    Abstract: Background: Rectal intussusception is often observed in patients with faecal incontinence and obstructed defaecation. The aim of this study is to assess if pelvic floor training improves faecal incontinence and obstructed defaecation in patients with ... ...

    Abstract Background: Rectal intussusception is often observed in patients with faecal incontinence and obstructed defaecation. The aim of this study is to assess if pelvic floor training improves faecal incontinence and obstructed defaecation in patients with rectal intussusception.
    Methods: Case notes of all patients referred to Bankstown Hospital Pelvic Floor Clinic between 2013 and 2018 for the management of faecal incontinence and obstructed defaecation and rectal intussusception were retrospectively reviewed using a prospectively maintained database. St Mark's faecal incontinence and Cleveland clinic constipation scores were obtained from patients before and after they underwent pelvic floor training.
    Results: One hundred and thirty-one patients underwent pelvic floor training at Bankstown Hospital Pelvic Floor Clinic between 2013 and 2018. Sixty-one patients had rectal intussusception (22 low-grade and 39 high-grade). Median St Marks score improved following pelvic floor training from 8 to 1 (P < 0.001). Median Cleveland Clinic constipation score improved from 8 to 5 (P < 0.001). In patients with low grade rectal intussusception, pelvic floor training improved median St Mark's score from 3 to 0 (P = 0.003), whereas Cleveland Clinic constipation score improved from 9 to 7 (P < 0.001). In patients with high-grade rectal intussusception, pelvic floor training improved median St Mark's score from 9 to 2 (P < 0.001), whereas median Cleveland Clinic constipation score improved from 8 to 4 (P < 0.001).
    Conclusion: Pelvic floor training without biofeedback therapy improves faecal incontinence and obstructed defaecation. Improvement in symptoms is unrelated to rectal intussusception observed on proctography or at examination under anaesthesia in these patients.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Fecal Incontinence/etiology ; Fecal Incontinence/therapy ; Intussusception/complications ; Intussusception/therapy ; Defecation ; Rectal Prolapse/diagnosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Pelvic Floor ; Treatment Outcome ; Constipation/etiology ; Constipation/therapy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-09
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2050749-5
    ISSN 1445-2197 ; 1445-1433 ; 0004-8682
    ISSN (online) 1445-2197
    ISSN 1445-1433 ; 0004-8682
    DOI 10.1111/ans.18200
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