The efficacy and adverse effects of topical phenylephrine for anal incontinence after low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1319-1324

  Park, Jun Seok ^a   Kang, Sung Bum ^a   Kim, Duck Woo ^a   Namgung, Hyung Wook ^b   Kim, Hye Lin ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Low anterior resection; Phenylephrine; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GEL; HEART PALPITATION; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLEPHRINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648825818     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0335-6     Document Type: Article

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