Bowel function after surgery for anorectal malformations in patients with tethered spinal cord

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1171-1174

  Tsuda, Tomoki ^a   Iwai, Naomi ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Kubota, Yoshihiro ^a   Ono, Shigeru ^a   Sasaki, Yasunari ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformations; Anorectal manometry; Kelly's clinical score; Tethered spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANOMETRY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36448987913     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-2025-4     Document Type: Article

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