Importance of extrasphincteric mechanisms in the pathophysiology of faecal incontinence in adults with a history of anorectal anomaly

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1394-1400

  Athanasakos, E P ^a   Ward, H C ^a,b   Williams, N S ^a   Scott, S M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTUM; RECTUM SURGERY; SENSATION;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTUM; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55549126460     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6327     Document Type: Article

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