Colosigmoid junction: A study of its functional activity with identification of a physiologic sphincter and involvement in reflex actions

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   Shafik, Ali A ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Colon; Colonic transit; Constipation; Motility disorders

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANUS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; COLON DILATATION; COLON MOTILITY; COLOSIGMOID JUNCTION; COLOSIGMOID REFLEX; COLOSIGMOID SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RETROPERITONEUM; SIGMOID; SPHINCTER;

EID: 0037234401     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941930390153087     Document Type: Article

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