Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence Secondary to Pudendal Neuropathy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1549-1554

  Cundall, J D ^a   Gardiner, A ^a   Chin, K ^a   Laden, G ^b   Grout, P ^b   Duthie, G S ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b North East England Hyperbaric Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric; Incontinence; Oxygen; Pudendal

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242509815     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6812-x     Document Type: Article

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