Patient and surgeon ranking of the severity of symptoms associated with fecal incontinence: The fecal incontinence severity index

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1525-1531

  Rockwood, Todd H ^a   Church, James M ^b   Fleshman, James W ^c   Kane, Robert L ^a   Mavrantonis, Constantinos ^d   Thorson, Alan G ^e   Wexner, Steven D ^a   Bliss, Donna ^f   Lowry, Ann C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Health surveys; Outcome assessment (health care); Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033407077     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02236199     Document Type: Article

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