Rectal intussusception and unexplained faecal incontinence: Findings of a proctographic study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Collinson, R ^a   Cunningham, C ^a   D'Costa, H ^a   Lindsey, Ian ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evacuation proctography; Internal rectal prolapse; Occult rectal prolapse; Rectal intussusception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL PROLAPSE;

EID: 57749114375     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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