Evaluation of anorectal function in patients with tethered cord syndrome: Saline enema test and fecoflowmetry

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 251-257

  Kayaba, Hiroyuki ^a   Hebiguchi, Tatsuzo ^a   Itoh, Yasunobu ^a   Yoshino, Hiroaki ^a   Mizuno, Masaru ^a   Morii, Mayako ^a   Adachi, Tetsuya ^a   Chihara, Junichi ^a   Kato, Tetsuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorectal function; Fecoflowmetry; Pediatric neurosurgery; Saline enema test; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; GLYCEROL;

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES INCONTINENCE; FECOFLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LIPOMA; MALE; MANOMETRY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0037379833     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.98.3.0251     Document Type: Article

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