Digital rectal examination of sphincter pressures in chronic anal fissure is unreliable

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-352

  Jones, Oliver M ^a   Ramalingam, Thanesan ^a   Lindsey, Ian ^a   Cunningham, Chris ^a   George, Bruce D ^a   MacC Mortensen, Neil J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Fecal incontinence; Rectal examination

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; RELIABILITY; SURGEON;

ANAL CANAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 17744383168     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0753-2     Document Type: Article

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