Role of defecography in predicting clinical outcome of rectocele repair

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Van Dam, J H ^a   Ginai, A Z ^a   Gosselink, M J ^a   Huisman, W M ^a   Bonjer, H J ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Schouten, W R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anismus; Defecography; Intussusception; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTOCELE; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFECATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031034337     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054989     Document Type: Article

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