Anorectal symptoms, pressures, rectal compliance, and rectal sensation in patients with and without symptoms after radiotherapy
| Symptom score | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient subgroup | No | Faecal urgency score‡ | Faecal incontinence score‡ | Total score5-150 | No of bowel actions/week‡ | Basal pressure (mm Hg)† | Squeeze pressure (mm Hg)† | Rectal compliance (mm Hg/ml)‡ | Rectal sensation (ml)† |
| With urgency | 16/35 | – | 1 (0–10)5-160 | 4 (1–15)5-160 | 12 (3–56) | 48 (4) | 95 (8) | 1.5 (0.5–2.2) | 34 (4)5-150 |
| Without urgency | 19/35 | – | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–3) | 7 (7–18) | 47 (5) | 108 (14) | 1.4 (0.3–2.2) | 48 (5) |
| With faecal incontinence | 7/35 | 2 (1–5)5-150 | – | 6 (4–15)5-160 | 11 (7–56) | 48 (7) | 99 (13) | 1.6 (1.4–1.9) | 33 (6) |
| Without faecal incontinence | 28/35 | 0 (0–6) | – | 0 (0–6) | 9 (3–28) | 49 (3) | 102 (10) | 1.4 (0.3–2.2) | 44 (4) |