Intraobserver and interobserver measurements of the anorectal angle and perineal descent in defecography

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1121-1126

  Choi, J S ^a   Wexner, S D ^a   Nam, Y S ^a   Mavrantonis, C ^a   Salum, M R ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Weiss, E G ^a   Nogueras, J J ^a   Yu, C F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorectal Angle; Defecation; Defecography; Evacuation; Perineal descent; Video proctography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033869096     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236560     Document Type: Article

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