Techniques of rectocele repair and their effects on bowel function

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-47

  Kahn, M A ^a   Stanton, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Defecation; Posterior colporrhaphy; Prolapse; Rectocele; Transanal repair

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; DEFECATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031833059     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01900540     Document Type: Review

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