A novel procedure to assess anismus using three-dimensional dynamic anal ultrasonography

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-165

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anismus; Manometry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISMUS; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMIC ANORECTAL ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846270290     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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