Obstructed defecation

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 280-287

  D'Hoore, Andre ^a   Penninckx, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anismus; Obstructed defecation; Pelvic floor function

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 0038301851     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00497.x     Document Type: Review

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