Rebecca E. Burgell

TL;DR: In this paper, a human pilot trial of an ingestible electronic capsule that can sense oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide was conducted, where the capsule uses a combination of thermal conductivity and semiconducting sensors, and their selectivity and sensitivity to different gases is controlled by adjusting the heating elements of the sensors.

TL;DR: This manuscript summarizes consensus reached by the International Anorectal Physiology Working Group (IAPWG) for the performance, terminology used, and interpretation of anorectAL function testing including anoretectal manometry, the rectal sensory test, and the balloon expulsion test.

TL;DR: An emerging understanding of the roles of intestinal gases, generated via chemical interactions or the microbial metabolism of dietary substrates, in gut homeostasis and pathophysiology is discussed, highlighting links with dietary intake and new gas profiling methods.

TL;DR: Women with endometriosis are frequently misdiagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for some time before a correct diagnosis is made.

TL;DR: Only one-third of incontinent men with fecal incontinence had sphincteric dysfunction, and one-sixth had rectal hyposensitivity, which was associated with higher frequencies of both symptomatic and objective measures of rectal evacuatory dysfunction.