A comparison between dynamic pelvic magnetic resonance imaging and videoproctography in patients with constipation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 571-576

  Matsuoka, Hiroyoshi ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a   Desai, Mehul B ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuro ^a   Nogueras, Juan J ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a   Adami, Carol ^a   Billotti, V Lee ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constipation; Defecography; Intussusception; MRI; Rectocele; Sigmoidocele; Videoproctography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTOCELE;

EID: 0035061520     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234331     Document Type: Article

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