A classification system for faecal incontinence based on anorectal investigations

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Thekkinkattil, D K ^a   Lim, M ^a   Stojkovic, S G ^a   Finan, P J ^a   Sagar, P M ^a   Burke, D ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL MUCOSA ELECTROSENSITIVITY; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349172704     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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