Rectocele repair: The gynecologic approach

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Pollak, Jennifer ^a   Davila, G Willy ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defecation disorders; Dyspareunia; Posterior colporrhaphy; Rectocele; Site specific defect rectocele repair

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTOCELE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242432603     PISSN: 15310043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39038     Document Type: Review

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