Imaging of the posterior pelvic floor

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 779-788

  Stoker, Jaap ^a   Bartram, Clive I ^b   Halligan, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Endosonography; Incontinence; MRI; Pelvic floor; Proctography; Prolapse

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; REVIEW;

CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC FLOOR; RECTAL PROLAPSE;

EID: 0036551127     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1239-4     Document Type: Article

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