MANOMETRIC STUDY ON COLONIC INTRALUMINAL PRESSURE USING THE ENDOSCOPIC METHOD (PRELIMINARY REPORT)

—SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF COLONIC MOTILITY AT MANY PORTIONS INCLUDING THE PROXIMAL—

Abstract

Getting the world modernized, becoming the life style much complicated. This may be reason why functional colonic diseases have increased in incidence. The colonic motor function of man is still unclear paticularly, at the portions includ-ing ceacum, ascending colon and transverse colon. We tried entire colon manometric stu-dies using a 2 channel colonoscope and large diameter sliding tube. Intraluminal pressure of the colon was messured be an open-tipped method with water perfusion. At the same time colon motility was also messured at many portions of the proximal colon. Some problems were pointed out through this trial, because mechanical stimulation to the colon by insertion of the endoscope and premedication gave influence to this studies.