Importance of colonic transit evaluation in the management of fecal incontinence

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 412-417

  Bouchoucha, Michael ^a,b   Devroede, Ghislain ^c   Faye, Alain ^d   Arsac, Michael ^b  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b Hopital Laennec   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Humans

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; ENEMA; ISPAGULA; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLON; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036945753     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-002-0428-1     Document Type: Article

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