Postoperative course and long term follow up after colectomy for slow transit constipation - Is surgery an appropriate approach?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Riss, Stefan ^a   Herbst, F ^a   Birsan, T ^a   Stift, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Long term results; Quality of life; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLOW TRANSIT CONSTIPATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549116722     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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