Successful overlapping anal sphincter repair: Relationship to patient age, neuropathy, and colostomy formation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 344-349

  Young, Christopher J ^a   Mathur, Manu N ^a   Eyers, Anthony A ^a   Solomon, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal; Electromyography; Fecal incontinence; Repair; Sphincter; Sphincteroplasty; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; COLOSTOMY; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031912397     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237489     Document Type: Article

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