The evaluation of constipation

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Vrees, Matthew D ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic transit study; Constipation; Defecography; Manometry; Physiologic testing

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19944411162     PISSN: 15310043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-870886     Document Type: Review

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