Ahmed Abd Al Aziz, MD1, Nader Sh. Zaki, MD2,Karim G. Moustafa, MD3, M. Fathy Elshaal
Abdrabou N Mashhour, Haitham S.E. Omar, Ramy S. Abdelkader.
Hany MS Mikhail, Mohamed M Raslan, Mohamed Y Elbarmelgi, Ramy S. Abdelkader
Adel Morad Abdallah (M.D.)
Ahmed S.M. Omar, MD
H. Said1, Ahmed Khalil1, Ahmed Fathy Hilal2
Ragai S. Hanna1, George Abdelfady Nashed2, Gamal A Makhlouf 3, Nahed A Makhlouf 4, Manal El Sayed Abdelmooty 5
Ragai S. Hanna1 , George Abdelfady Nashed2,Ashraf, A Helmy 3, Gamal A Makhlouf4, Emad Z.K. Said5, Abdelraouf MS Abdelraouf 6
Ramy Mikhael Nageeb1, *, MD, and Shaban M. Abdel Mageed2, *, MD
Shawki M.K Sharouda1*; Ramy Mikhael Nageeb2*; MD and Shaban M. Abdel Mageed1*, MD
Sherif Abdel Halim MD, MRCS, Hanna Habib MD, Hossam Elsadek MD
Ahmed Morad, MD; Wael A Jumuah, MD; Hanna Habib, MD
Yasser El Ghamrini, MD. Karim Sabry Abdel Samee, MD, MRCS(Ed), Wael Abdel Aziem Gumuah, MD.
Anas Mashal MD; Abdallah Magdy MD,FRCS
Anas Mashal MD, *Abdallah Abdelwahed MD;**Hady Saleh Abou-Ashour, MD,MRCS
3D Dynamic Ano-rectal Ultra-sonography (Echodefecography) vs. Conventional Defecography in Assessment of Obstructed Defecation.
Purpose: Discussing obstructed defecation syndrome is intriguing due to diversity of disorders affecting
anorectal region. The gold standard examination for assessment of these different disorders is the
conventional defecography (CDF), however radiation exposure and lack of evaluation of pelvic structures
concerned with defecation process were major disadvantages .Our goal was to evaluate the recently
developed Echodefecography (EDF) as a new technique using endoluminal ultrasonography to avoid such
disadvantages. Methods: It was a prospective study including 15 patients complaining of obstructed
defecation symptoms. The mean age of included patients was 36.7 years ± 14.3 years. All candidates
underwent echodefecography and conventional defecography. Geometric measurements of anorectal angle,
depth of rectoceles and degree of perineal descent were obtained from both modalities for comparison.
Anorectal intussusception was looked for its presence or absence. Results: EDF identified 13 cases of
rectoceles while CDF identified 14 cases (good statistical agreement was observed between both
modalities [ value 0.634]). Anorectal descent was diagnosed in 7 cases by EDF and CDF which detected
4 more cases (moderate statistical agreement [ value 0.483]). Anismus was detected in 3 cases by EDF
but in only 2 cases by CDF (fair statistical agreement [ value 0.286]). EDF detected 12 cases of
intussusception, however CDF detected only 1 case (poor statistical agreement [ value 0.035]).
Conclusion: Echodefecography has good accuracy of detection of different anorectal disorders associated
with obstructed defecation syndrome when compared with conventional defecography.
Keywords: Defecography, Ultrasonography, Pelvic floor, Rectocele, Anismus, Perineal descent.