Effects of hysterectomy on bowel function: A three-year, prospective cohort study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1139-1145

  Forsgren, Catharina ^a   Zetterström, Jan ^a   Lopez, Annika ^a   Nordenstam, Johan ^a   Anzen, Bo ^a   Altman, Daniel ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anal; Constipation; Hysterectomy; Incontinence; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 34447626783     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0224-7     Document Type: Article

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