Is the quality of life better in patients with colostomy than patients with fecal incontience?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1925-1928

  Colquhoun, Patrick ^a   Kaiser Jr , Roberto ^a   Efron, Jonathan ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a   Nogueras, Juan J ^a   Vernava III, Anthony M ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOSTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749011139     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0531-5     Document Type: Article

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