Postoperative anal canal length predicts outcome in patients having sphincter repair for fecal incontinence

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-318

  Hool, Graham R ^a   Lieber, Michael L ^a   Church, James M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal manometry; Fecal incontinence; Sphincter repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033063949     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236345     Document Type: Article

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