Comparison of ultrasound and manometric sphincter length and incontinence scores

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1078-1082

  Fowler, A L ^a   Mills, A ^a   Virjee, J ^a   Callaway, M ^a   Durdey, P ^a   Thomas, M G ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Manometry; Sphincter; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042028234     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-7283-9     Document Type: Review

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