Level of highest mean resting pressure segment in the anal canal: A quantitative assessment of anal sphincter function

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-293

  Goes, Ricardo N ^a   Simons, Anthony J ^a   Beart Jr , Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anal physiology; Anal sphincter; Anorectal manometry; Fecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; RECTUM PROLAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE;

EID: 0030001744     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02049470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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