Overlapping sphincteroplasty: Does preservation of the scar influence immediate outcome?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-279

  Moscovitz, I ^a   Rotholtz, N A ^a   Baig, M K ^a   Zhao, R H ^a   Lam, D T Y ^a   Nogueras, J J ^a   Weiss, E G ^a   Singh, J J ^a   Wexner, S D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faecal incontinence; Overlapping sphincteroplasty; Sphincter defect; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; TISSUE TYPES; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036302648     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2002.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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