Vertical reduction rectoplasty: A new treatment for idiopathic megarectum

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1203-1208

  Williams, N S ^a   Fajobi, O A ^a   Lunniss, P J ^a   Scott, S M ^a   Eccersley, A J P ^a   Ogunbiyi, O A ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM MUCOSA; SIGMOID; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033823863     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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