A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Transanal Irrigation Versus Conservative Bowel Management in Spinal Cord-Injured Patients

Gastroenterology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 738-747

  Christensen, Peter ^a   Bazzocchi, Gabriele ^b   Coggrave, Maureen ^c   Abel, Rainer ^d   Hultling, Claes ^e   Krogh, Klaus ^a   Media, Shwan ^f   Laurberg, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DEVICE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE LAVAGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33748254319     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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