Durability of success after rectocele repair

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-103

  Lopez A ^a,c   Anzen B ^b   Bremmer, S ^b   Mellgren, A ^b   Nilsson, B Y ^b   Zetterstrom J ^b   Holmstrom B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constipation; Defecation disorders; Dyspareunia; Outcome; Rectocele; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; PARAMETER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOCELE; RECTUM SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035002433     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004032     Document Type: Article

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