Use of the Hagen-Poiseuille law: A new mathematical approach for the integration and evaluation of anorectal physiological testing in patients with faecal incontinence and pelvic dyschezia and in normal controls

European Surgical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-289

  Farag, A ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Doctor's Tower ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anismus; Anorectal physiology; Constipation; Faecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031878409     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008588     Document Type: Article

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