Dynamic graciloplasty: Complications and management

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 912-917

  Geerdes, Bastiaan P ^a   Heineman, Erik ^a   Konsten, Joop ^a   Soeters, Peter B ^a   Baeten, Core G M I ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic graciloplasty; Idiopathic fecal incontinence; Infection; Physiologic complications; Technical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029768064     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02053991     Document Type: Article

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