Relationship Between Anatomic and Symptomatic Long-Term Results After Rectocele Repair for Impaired Defecation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 210-211

  Mellgren, Anders ^a   López, Annika ^a   Zetterström, Jan ^a  

^a NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; RECTOCELE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFECATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTOCELE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032972566     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02237130     Document Type: Article

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