Anterolateral rectopexy for correction of rectoceles leads to good anatomical but poor functional results

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-41

  Vermeulen, J ^a   Lange, J F ^a   Sikkenk, A C ^a   Van Der Harst, E ^a  

^a Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complication; Dyspareunia; Rectocele; Rectopexy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCTOPEXY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOCELE; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 18544366079     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-005-0190-9     Document Type: Article

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