Rectocele repair by anterolateral rectopexy: Long-term functional outcome

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 925-930

  Oom, D M J ^a   Gosselink, M P ^a   Van Wijk, J J ^a   Van Dijl, V R M ^a   Schouten, W R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterolateral rectopexy; Dyspareunia; Obstructed defaecation; Pelvic discomfort; Pelvic organ prolapse; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOCELE; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUGLAS' POUCH; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTOCELE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949102030     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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