Rectocele repair improves evacuation and prolapse complaints independent of anorectal function and colonic transit time

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 342-348

  Sloots, C E J ^a,b   Muelen, A J ^a   Felt Bersma, R J F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorectal function; Barostat; Colonic transit time; Constipation; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038827173     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-002-0469-5     Document Type: Article

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