German artificial sphincter system: First report of a novel and highly integrated sphincter prosthesis for therapy of major fecal incontinence [1]

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2215-2217

  Schrag, Hans J ^a   Padilla, Federico Fragoza ^a   Goldschmidtböing, Frank ^a   Doll, Alexander ^b   Woias, Peter ^a   Hopt, Ulrich T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CUFF; DISEASE SIMULATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; GERMANY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS; RECTUM; SWINE;

EID: 13144276321     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0703-z     Document Type: Letter

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