Laparoscopic-assisted resection-rectopexy for rectal prolapse: Early and medium follow-up

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-54

  Stevenson, Andrew R L ^a,b   Stitz, Russell W ^a   Lumley, John W ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Laparoscopy; Prolapse; Rectopexy; Resection rectopexy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PROCTOPEXY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; STAPLER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031962671     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236895     Document Type: Article

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