Fecal incontinence: Does age matter? Characteristics of older vs. younger women presenting for treatment of fecal incontinence

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-431

  Wang, Jennifer Y ^a   Patterson, Taryn R ^b   Hart, Stacey L ^b   Varma, Madhulika G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age specific fecal incontinence; Fecal incontinence; Pudendal neuropathy; Sphincter defects; Woman

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CALIFORNIA; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41049109351     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9138-7     Document Type: Review

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