# Systematic review with meta‐analysis: defecography should be a first‐line diagnostic modality in patients with refractory constipation

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/systematic-review-with-meta-analysis-defecography-should-be-a-first-line/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Ugo Grossi,Gian Luca Di Tanna,Henriette Heinrich,Stuart A. Taylor,Charles H. Knowles,S. Mark Scott |
| Citations | 88 |
| DOI | 10.1111/apt.15039 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10064341/3/Grossi_Manuscript_R2_APT.pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2901708706 |
| PMID | 30417419 |
| Type | review |
| Year | 2018 |

## Paper authors

- [Ugo Grossi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ugo-grossi/)

## Paper journal

- [Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics](https://scholariq.org/journals/alimentary-pharmacology-and-therapeutics/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Pelvic floor disorders treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/pelvic-floor-disorders-treatments/)

## Paper topics

- [Pelvic floor disorders treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/pelvic-floor-disorders-treatments/)
- [Gastrointestinal motility and disorders](https://scholariq.org/topics/gastrointestinal-motility-and-disorders/)
- [Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies](https://scholariq.org/topics/congenital-gastrointestinal-and-neural-anomalies/)

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