Perineal descent predicted by a pelvic bone factor: The pelvic incidence angle

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Boulay, Christophe ^a,b,c   Prudhomme, Michel ^b   Prat Pradal, Dominique ^b   Pouderoux, Philippe ^d   Duval Beaupére, Ginette ^e   Pélissier, Jacques ^a  

^a Decine Physique Et De Ré   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^e RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Defecography; Pelvis; Perineal descent; Perineum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS FLOOR DESCENT; RECTOCELE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DEFECATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINEUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM;

EID: 64049109182     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181972447     Document Type: Article

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