Rectocele

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 376-379

  Brubaker, Linda ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTOCELE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029994166     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199610000-00012     Document Type: Review

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