A constipation scoring system to simplify evaluation and management of constipated patients

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 681-685

  Agachan, Feran ^a   Chen, Teng ^a   Pfeifer, Johann ^a   Reissman, Petachia ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anismus; Colonic inertia; Constipation; Paradoxical puborectalis contraction; Rectal prolapse; Rectoanal intussusception; Rectocele; Sigmoidocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029953551     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02056950     Document Type: Article

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