Functional and physiological outcome following transanal repair of rectocele

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1340-1344

  Heriot, A G ^a   Skull, A ^a   Kumar, D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM SURGERY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CATHARTICS; DEFECATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; RECTOCELE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4944228107     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4543     Document Type: Article

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