Combining the strength-duration curve of the external anal sphincter with manometry for the assessment of faecal incontinence

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1389-1393

  Monk, D N ^a   Mills, P ^a   Jeacock, J ^a   Deakin, M ^a   Cowie, A ^a   Kiff, E S ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031717950     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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