Evacuation sonography

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Piloni, V ^a   Spazzafumo, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defecation dysfunctions; Defecography; Evacuation; Nongynecologic introital sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVACUATION SONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION HAZARD; SCREENING;

EID: 27744443718     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-005-0209-2     Document Type: Article

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