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INTERFACE FOCUS
卷 12, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2022.0033
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rheology; biofluid; biomechanics
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- LabEx Tec21 [ANR-11-LABX-0030]
- PolyNat Carnot Institute [ANR-11-CARN-007-01]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-21-CE45-0015]
A mechanistic understanding of the physiological process of defaecation is important for improving medical care of patients with defaecation disorders. In this study, complex fluid dynamics modelling of video defaecography was used to analyze the velocity, pressure, and stress during the expulsion of soft stool-like materials. The findings showed that pressure gradient and the geometry of the anal canal play significant roles in the evacuation flow rate.
Mechanistic understanding of anorectal (patho)physiology is missing to improve the medical care of patients suffering from defaecation disorders. Our objective is to show that complex fluid dynamics modelling of video defaecography may open new perspectives in the diagnosis of defaecation disorders. Based on standard X-ray video defaecographies, we developed a bi-dimensional patient-specific simulation of the expulsion of soft materials, the faeces, by the rectum. The model quantified velocity, pressure and stress fields during the defaecation of a neostool with soft stool-like rheology for patients showing normal and pathological defaecatory function. In normal defaecation, the proximal-distal pressure gradient resulted from both the anorectal junction which formed a converging channel and the anal canal. The flow of the neostool through these anatomical parts was dominated by its shear-thinning viscous properties, rather than its yield stress. Consequently, the evacuation flow rate was significantly affected by variations in pressure applied by the rectum, and much less by the geometry of the anorectal junction. Lastly, we simulated impaired defaecations in the absence of obvious obstructive phenomena. Comparison with normal defaecation allowed us to discuss critical elements which should lead to effective medical management.
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