Variation in pudendal nerve terminal motor latency according to disease

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-83

  Pfeifer, Johann ^a   Salanga, Virgilio D ^a   Agachan, Feran ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal physiology; Constipation; Fecal incontinence; Neurophysiology; Pudendal neuropathy; Rectal pain; Rectal prolapse

Indexed keywords

FLEET ENEMA; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTUM PROLAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031026023     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055686     Document Type: Article

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