Postpartum fecal incontinence is more common in women with irritable bowel syndrome

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 586-589

  Donnelly, Valerie S ^a   O'Herlihy, Colm ^a   Campbell, Deirdre M ^b   O'Connell, P Ronan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter damage; Childbirth; Fecal incontinence; Irritable bowel syndrome; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; PELVIS FLOOR; PUDENDAL NERVE; PUERPERIUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MANOMETRY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 0031966425     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235263     Document Type: Article

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