Catalog
Functional defaecation disorders
Link to WHO Definition
Functional defaecation disorders – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/811883649
Functional defaecation disorders are characterised by paradoxical contraction or inadequate relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles during attempted defaecation (dyssynergic defaecation) or inadequate propulsive forces during attempted defaecation (inadequate defaecatory propulsion). The patients must satisfy diagnostic criteria for functional constipation.