Transanal rectocele repair using EndoGIA: Short-term results of a prospective study

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-114

  D'Avolio, M ^a   Ferrara, A ^a   Chimenti, C ^a  

^a Surgical Digestive Endoscopy and Coloproctology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defecography; Manometry; Obstructed defecation; Rectocele; Stapler; Transanal repair

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MANOMETRY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOCELE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STAPLER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; URINARY URGENCY; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTOCELE; SURGICAL STAPLERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744569879     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-005-0207-4     Document Type: Article

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