Rehabilitation of fecal incontinence after sphincter-saving surgery for rectal cancer: Encouraging results

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1552-1558

  Pucciani, Filippo ^a,b   Ringressi, Maria Novella ^a   Redditi, Stefania ^a   Masi, Attilio ^a   Giani, Iacopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Fecal incontinence; Rectal cancer; Rehabilitation; Sphincter saving operations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER AND BOWEL MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; WEXNER INCONTINENCE SCALE;

AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52649122838     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9312-6     Document Type: Article

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