Faecal incontinence

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-144

  Chatoor, D R ^a   Taylor, S J ^a   Cohen, C R G ^a   Emmanuel, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSETRON; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATROPINE; ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; BISMUTH; CARBON; CODEINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DIPHENOXYLATE; ENEMA; LOPERAMIDE; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SILICONE; SUCRALFATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSTIPATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES IMPACTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GRACILOPLASTY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NAUSEA; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847383271     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5676     Document Type: Review

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