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Ghislain Devroede
Researcher at Faculté de médecine – Université de Sherbrooke
Publications - 114
Citations - 4617
Ghislain Devroede is an academic researcher from Faculté de médecine – Université de Sherbrooke. The author has contributed to research in topics: Constipation & Irritable bowel syndrome. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 114 publications receiving 4452 citations. Previous affiliations of Ghislain Devroede include Université de Sherbrooke & Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke.
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Segmental colonic transit time
Pierre Arhan,Ghislain Devroede,B. Jehannin,Michel Lanza,Claude Faverdin,Catherine Dornic,Bernard Persoz,Léon Tétreault,Bernard J. Perey,Denys Pellerin +9 more
TL;DR: There are regional differences within the colon in relation to age and a relative stagnation in the rectosigmoid area of children, which may have implications in diseased states.
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Mechanisms of Idiopathic Constipation: Outlet Obstruction
TL;DR: Anorectal myectomy was performed in 62 patients suffering from symptoms attrib¬uted to ineffective colonic motility and one year after myectomy in the 50 patients with less than three stools per week the average number of stoolsper week increased.
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Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Fecal Incontinence: Results of a 120-Patient Prospective Multicenter Study
Steven D. Wexner,John A. Coller,Ghislain Devroede,Tracy L. Hull,Richard W. McCallum,Miranda Chan,Jennifer M. Ayscue,Abbas S. Shobeiri,David A. Margolin,Michael England,Howard S. Kaufman,William J. Snape,Ece Mutlu,Heidi K. Chua,Paul D. Pettit,Deborah Nagle,Robert D. Madoff,Darin R. Lerew,Anders Mellgren +18 more
TL;DR: Sacral nerve stimulation using InterStim Therapy is a safe and effective treatment for patients with FI and no reported unanticipated adverse device effects are reported.
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Some parameters of large bowel motility in normal man.
TL;DR: Normal values of bowel habits, colonic transit times of radioopaque markers, and anorectal pressure obtained from 114 normal subjects may be compared to those obtained in patients with constipation in order to define the symptoms and to understand pathophysiological mechanisms.
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What is the meaning of colorectal transit time measurement
Michel Bouchoucha,Ghislain Devroede,Pierre Arhan,Bertil Strom,J. Weber,P.-H. Cugnenc,Philippe Denis,Jean-Philippe Barbier +7 more
TL;DR: Control subjects who claim that their bowel habits are not modified by stress have shorter transit times, similar in both sexes, than those who say they are (P<0.001) and the choice of control subjects is thus a key element in studies of functional bowel motor disorders.