Is a morphologically intact anal sphincter necessary for success with sacral nerve modulation in patients with faecal incontinence?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Melenhorst, J ^a   Koch, S M ^a   Uludag, O ^b   Van Gemert, W G ^a   Baeten, Cor G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter defect; Anal sphincter repair; Faecal incontinence; Sacral nerve modulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649112202     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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