Evaluating patients with anorectal incontinence

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-312

  Kouraklis, Gregory ^a,b   Andromanakos, Nicolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anal; Electromyography; Endosonography; Fecal incontinence; Manometry; Rectal incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANAL ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ANAL MUCOSA ELECTROSENSITIVITY AND THERMAL SENSITIVITY; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL INCONTINENCE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON RETAINING TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUDENDAL NERVE TERMINAL MOTOR LATENCY TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALINE CONTINENCE TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANAL CANAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 1842608857     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2704-2     Document Type: Article

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