The electrically stimulated gracilis neosphincter incorporated as part of total anorectal reconstruction after abdominoperineal excision of the rectum

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 702-711

  Mander, B James ^a,b   Abercrombie, John F ^a   George, Bruce D ^a   Williams, Norman S ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOPLASTY; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030445505     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199612000-00006     Document Type: Article

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