Treatment of enterocele by obliteration of the pelvic inlet

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 940-944

  Gosselink, M J ^a   Van Dam, J H ^a   Huisman, W M ^a   Ginai, A Z ^a   Schouten, W R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enterocele repair; Evacuation proctography; Obstructed defecation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HUMAN; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032775852     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237106     Document Type: Article

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