Bowel dysfunction following hysterectomy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1120-1125

  Radley, S ^a   Keighley, M R B ^a   Radley, S C ^b   Mann, C H ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONSTIPATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; REVIEW;

COLON; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONSTIPATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0032743961     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08135.x     Document Type: Review

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