The role of anal endosonography in obstetrics

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 559-560

  Sultan, A H ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE INJURY; NOTE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0346962922     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.947     Document Type: Note

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