Fecal incontinence among morbid obese women seeking for weight loss surgery: An underappreciated association with adverse impact on quality of life

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-497

  Wasserberg, Nir ^a,b   Haney, Mark ^a   Petrone, Patrizio ^a   Crookes, Peter ^a   Rosca, Jason ^a   Ritter, Manfred ^a   Kaufman, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Morbid obesity; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION FECAL INCONTINENCE SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FECAL INCONTINENCE QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC FLOOR; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 41149107812     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0432-6     Document Type: Article

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