Persistent symptoms of functional outlet obstruction after rectocele repair

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-265

  Puigdollers, A ^a   Fernandez fraga X ^a   Azpiroz, Fernando ^b  

^a Hospital de Mollet   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constipation; Functional outlet obstruction; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM SURGERY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947609727     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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