Diagnosis and management of fecal incontinence

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1585-1604

  Rao, Satish S C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; COLESTIPOL; COLESTYRAMINE; COLLAGEN; ENEMA; GLUTARALDEHYDE; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; LOPERAMIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADDICTION; ANAL ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ANAL PLUG DEVICE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; BALLOON EXPULSION TEST; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DROWSINESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MACROMOLECULE; MANOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE TERMINAL LATENCY TEST; REVIEW; SALINE INFUSION TEST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS;

EID: 4444384341     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40105.x     Document Type: Review

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