Anal resting pressures at manometry correlate with the fecal incontinence severity index and with presence of sphincter defects on ultrasound

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1010-1014

  Bordeianou, Liliana ^a,b   Lee, Kil Yeon ^b,c   Rockwood, Todd ^d   Baxter, Nancy N ^e   Lowry, Ann ^b   Mellgren, Anders ^b   Parker, Susan ^b,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoanal ultrasound; Fecal incontinence; FISI; Manometry; Resting pressure; Sphincher defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY;

ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 46649109104     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9230-7     Document Type: Article

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