Defecoflowmetry: A new technique for the assessment of the evacuation function of the rectum;DEFAKOFLOWMETRIE: EINE NEUE UNTERSUCHUNGSTECHNIK ZUR BEURTEILUNG DER ENTLEERUNGSFUNKTION DES REKTUMS

Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie

Volumn 381, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 138-147

  Athanasiadis, S ^a   Kohler A ^a   Weyand, G ^a   Barthelmes, L ^a   Nafe, M ^a   Yazigi, R ^a  

^a St Joseph Hospital Laar   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronic constipation; defecoflowmetry; manometry; obstructive defecation disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; RECTUM; SCREENING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029704687     PISSN: 00238236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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