Comparison of vector symmetry index and endoanal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of anal sphincter disruption

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-215

  Samarasekera, D N ^a,b   Wright, Y ^a   Lowndes, R H ^a   Stanley, K P ^a   Preston, P ^a   Speakman, C T M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter injury; Endoanal ultrasonography; Vector symmetry index

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISRUPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; VECTOR SYMMETRY INDEX;

ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52049095273     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-008-0423-9     Document Type: Article

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