The assessment of fecal incontinence in women

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-406

  Giordano, Pasquale ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANOMETRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANOMETRY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034820544     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(01)01047-X     Document Type: Review

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