Continence is improved after the Ripstein rectopexy: Different mechanisms in rectal prolapse and rectal intussusception?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-306

  Schultz, Inkeri ^a   Mellgren, Anders ^a   Dolk, Anders ^a   Johansson, Claes ^a   Holmström, Bo ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anorectal manomety; Constipation; Incontinence; Internal rectal procidentia; Rectal intussusception; Rectal prolapse; Rectopexy; Ripstein's operation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CONTINENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MANOMETRY; PROCTOPEXY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL PROLAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029877959     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02049472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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