. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. ictures. As a rule, stricture is single; in exceptional cases, how-ever, the bowel may be constricted at more than one may consist of but a narrow ring encircling the rectum,annular stricture (Fig. 107), or the diminution of the lumenmay extend along several inches or even the entire lengthof the rectum, tubular stricture (Fig. 108). When the bowelis entirely occluded, it is designated complete stricture; whenfecal matter escapes through the constriction, it is known aspartial stricture. The stenos
. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. ictures. As a rule, stricture is single; in exceptional cases, how-ever, the bowel may be constricted at more than one may consist of but a narrow ring encircling the rectum,annular stricture (Fig. 107), or the diminution of the lumenmay extend along several inches or even the entire lengthof the rectum, tubular stricture (Fig. 108). When the bowelis entirely occluded, it is designated complete stricture; whenfecal matter escapes through the constriction, it is known aspartial stricture. The stenosis may be located at the anus orin any part of the rectum. Its most frequent site, however, isfrom one to two and one-half inches ( to centimeters)(348^ NON-MALIGNANT STRICTURE 349 above the anus, the majority being situated at the point wherethe levator ani muscles embrace the bowel. ETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY The rectum is more frequently the site of stricture thanany other canal opening upon the surface of the body. Thisis dependent upon its anatomic arrangement and function,.
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