Considerations on stimulated anal neosphincter formation: An anatomic investigation in search of alternatives to the gracilis muscle

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 889-898

  Girsch, Werner ^a   Rab, Matthias ^b   Mader, Nina ^b   Kamolz, Lars Peter ^b   Hausner, Thomas ^b   Schima, Wolfgang ^b   Gruber, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE;

ANAL CANAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

EID: 0031956514     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00001     Document Type: Article

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