Do you tend to pass hard stools? Or strain excessively while passing stool? It may not be constipation, instead, you must be suffering from a condition called obstructive defecation syndrome. Yes, you ...

As per a study published in the Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging in 2015, patients with obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS) form an important subset of patients with chronic constipation.

LONDON, ON, April 12, 2016 /CNW/ - The colorectal surgery team at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has performed the first robotic ventral rectopexy in Canada to treat a condition called ...

Obstructive defecation syndrome (ODS) can be termed as the inability to pass stool through the digestive tract out of the rectum. This might be characterised by the need to strain with bowel movements ...