Anterior anal sphincter repair: Results in a district general hospital

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 321-324

  Elton, Colin ^a   Stoodley, Brian J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal manometry; Anal sphincter; Endo anal ultrasound; Incontinence; Sphincter repair

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTULOSE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036743761     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760452420     Document Type: Article

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