Rectal augmentation short-and mid-term evaluation of a novel procedure for severe fecal urgency with associated incontinence

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-427

  Murphy, Jamie ^a   Chan, Christopher L H ^a   Scott, S Mark ^a   Vasudevan, Subash P ^a   Lunniss, Peter J ^a   Williams, Norman S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249102110     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815f9885     Document Type: Article

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