Anorectal three-dimensional endosonography and anal manometry in assessing anterior rectocele in women: A new pathogenesis concept and the basic surgical principle

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Regadas, F S P ^a   Murad Regadas, S M ^a   Wexner, S D ^a   Rodrigues, L V ^a   Souza, M H L P ^a   Silva, F R ^a   Lima, D M R ^a   Regadas Filho, F S P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; Rectocele; Surgical treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DEFECATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RECTOCELE;

EID: 33845295455     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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