Exoanal ultrasound of the anal sphincter: Normal anatomy and sphincter defects

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 999-1003

  Peschers, Ursula M ^a   DeLancey, John O L ^a   Schaer, Gabriel N ^a   Schuessler, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0030841527     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb12056.x     Document Type: Article

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