Endoanal sonography in assessment of fecal incontinence following obstetric trauma

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 616-621

  Martinez Hernandez Magro, P ^a,b   Villanueva Saenz E ^a   Jaime Zavala, M ^a   Sandoval Munro, R D ^a   Rocha Ramirez J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Endoanal sonography; Fecal incontinence; Obstetric trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MEDICAL RECORD; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346651418     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.919     Document Type: Article

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