Quality of life of patients after surgical treatment of anal fistula; the role of anal manometry

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 417-421

  Mylonakis, Emmanouil ^a,b   Katsios, C ^a   Godevenos, D ^a   Nousias, B ^a   Kappas, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Anal manometry; Cleveland Incontinence Score; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECORDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035161177     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2001.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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