Anatomy of the sigmoid colon, rectum, and the rectovaginal pouch in women with enterocele and anterior rectal wall procidentia

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Baessler, Kaven ^a,b   Schuessler, Bernhard ^a  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse; Pouch of Douglas; Sigmoid colon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POUCH; CONSTIPATION; ENTEROCELE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SIGMOID; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLON, SIGMOID; DOUGLAS' POUCH; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM;

EID: 33644552148     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20232     Document Type: Article

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