Contribution of the pudendal nerve to sensation of the distal rectum

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 859-865

  Chan, C L H ^a,b   Ponsford, S ^a   Scott, S M ^a   Swash, M ^a   Lunniss, P J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BALLOON; DEFECATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FUNCTION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL ANESTHESIA; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTUM; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; RECTUM; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 21844434967     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4877     Document Type: Article

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