Adjuvant biofeedback following anal sphincter repair: A randomized study

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 539-549

  Davis, K J ^a   Kumar, D ^a   Poloniecki, J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDOSCOPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544256870     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02119.x     Document Type: Article

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