Rectal diverticulum: A new complication of STARR procedure for obstructed defecation

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-63

  Sciaudone, G ^a   Di Stazio, C ^a   Guadagni, I ^a   Selvaggi, F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Obstructed defecation; Rectal diverticulum; Rectocele; STARR

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTOCELE; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM DIVERTICULUM; RECTUM SURGERY; STAPLED TRANSANUS RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTOCELE; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 44649113080     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-008-0389-z     Document Type: Article

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