Earlier appearance and higher incidence of the rectoanal relaxation reflex in patients with imperforate anus repaired with laparoscopically assisted anorectoplasty

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1646-1649

  Lin, C L ^a   Wong, K K Y ^a   Lan, L C L ^a   Chen, C C ^b   Tam, P K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anorectal manometry; Imperforate anus; Laparoscopically assisted anorectoplasty; Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty; Rectoanal relaxation reflex

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS ATRESIA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPICALLY ASSISTED ANORECTOPLASTY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOANAL RELAXATION REFLEX; RECTUM RESECTION; REFLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RECTAL FISTULA; REFLEX, ABNORMAL;

EID: 0345446640     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9246-3     Document Type: Article

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