Endosonographic imaging of anal sphincter injury: Does the size of the tear correlate with the degree of dysfunction?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 735-741

  Voyvodic, Frank ^a   Rieger, Nicholas A ^b   Skinner, Sarah ^a   Schloithe, Ann C ^a   Saccone, Gino T ^a   Sage, Michael R ^a   Wattchow, David A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Endosonography; Manometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PUDENDAL NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038315442     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6650-x     Document Type: Article

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