Can anal manometry predict anal incontinence after fistulectomu in males?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-102

  Pescatori, M ^a   Ayabaca, S ^a   Caputo, D ^a  

^a Villa Flaminia Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Anal manometry; Faecal incontinence; Rectal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SKIN FLAP; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842536946     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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