Quality of life after subtotal colectomy for slow-transit constipation: Both quality and quantity count

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-440

  FitzHarris, Gregory P ^a   Garcia Aguilar, Julio ^a   Parker, Susan C ^a   Bullard, Kelli M ^a   Madoff, Robert D ^a   Goldberg, Stanley M ^a   Lowry, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Constipation; Quality of life; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLOW TRANSIT CONSTIPATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COLECTOMY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0037389903     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6576-3     Document Type: Article

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