Existence of a high pressure zone at the rectosigmoid junction in normal Indian men

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1122-1125

  Wadhwa, Rajkumar P ^a   Mistry, Fersosh P ^a   Bhatia, Shobna J ^a   Abraham, Philip ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Constipation; Defecation, normal; O'Beirne's sphincter; Rectosigmoid manometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFECATION; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SIGMOID; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0029740763     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02081412     Document Type: Article

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