This book brings together lessons learned in the clinical use of anorectal endosonography and manometry in paediatrics. In contrast to adult medicine, where they are virtually indispensable for specialists dealing with colo-proctology, in paediatrics endoanal ultrasound and anorectal manometry are still the prerogative of very few international centres. This book collects the results of a Workshop organised at the Paediatric Surgery Unit of Bologna, entitled "International Seminar on Endosonography and Anorectal Manometry in Paediatrics", and presents contributions from leading European experts.

Focusing on the paediatric age group, this volume fills a gap in the paediatric gastroenterology literature, and will benefit all specialists wishing to use these methods in the management and treatment of common clinical problems, e.g. chronic constipation.

1         History of Endocavitary Ultrasound

Basics of Endoanal Ultrasounds
3 Principles of Ano-Rectal Manometry
4 Surgical and Functional Anatomy of The Pelvic Floor and the Ano-Rectum
5 Physiology of the Pelvic Floor and the Ano-Rectum
6 Normal Endosonographric Features of the Anal Canal
7 Ano-Rectal Manometry, Conventional and High Resolution
8 Ano-Rectal Malformations: Ano-Rectal Manometric and Endosonographic Combined Approach
9 Suppurative Processes of the Ano-Rectal Region: Endoanal Ultrasonographic Assistence
10 Chronic Constipation in Paediatrics: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
11 Treatment of Chronic Constipation in Paediatrics
12 Echo-Assisted Botulinum Injection
13 Ano-Rectal Manometry and Endoanal Ultrasonography in Paediatric Incontinence
14 Echo-Assisted Ano-Lipofilling
15 Endoanal Ultrasonography in Male and Female Genitalia Malformations
16 Endoanal Ultrasonography: Use on Adults.