One hundred years of rectal prolapse surgery

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-450

  Madoff, Robert D ^a   Mellgren, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032964653     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234164     Document Type: Article

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