Outcome after transperineal mesh repair of rectocele: A case series

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 864-868

  Mercer Jones, M A ^a   Sprowson, A ^a   Varma, J S ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesh repair; Rectocele; Transperineal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RECTOCELE; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPERINEAL MESH; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542527033     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0526-y     Document Type: Review

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