Volume measurements of the anal sphincter complex in healthy controls and fecal-incontinent patients with a three-dimensional reconstruction of endoanal ultrasonography images

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 540-548

  West, Rachel L ^a   Felt Bersma, Richelle J F ^a   Hansen, Bettina E ^a   Schouten, W Rudolf ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal sphincters; Fecal incontinence; Three dimensional endoanal ultrasonography; Volume measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARITY; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANAL CANAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 18744373646     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0811-9     Document Type: Article

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