Electrophysiologic identification of the location of the colonic pacemakers in humans: Further study

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 289-297

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   Shafik, Ali A ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Artificial pacemaker; Colonic inertia; Constipation; Pacesetter potentials; Slow waves

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SILVER CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 0242720639     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941930390230432     Document Type: Article

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