Gender influence on defecographic abnormalities in patients with posterior pelvic floor disorders

Figure 1 Defecography in men: distribution with regard to the combination of symptoms (constipation and/or incontinence and/or pain). 0: Absence; 1: Presence.

Figure 2 Results of defecography with regard to rectocele, intussusception and enterocele in men and women. Rectocele: P < 0.001, Enterocele: P < 0.005, Intussusception: NS.

Figure 3 Dynamic imaging during evacuation showed an enterocele (black arrow) associated with a rectocele (white arrow).

Figure 4 Distance between the pubococcygeal line and the anorectal junction at rest, squeeze and strain in men and women. P < 0.001.

Figure 5 Percentage of men and women with perineal descent at rest. P < 0.005.