Tailored surgery for internal and external rectal prolapse: Functional results of 268 patients operated upon by a single surgeon over a 21-year period

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-419

  Pescatori, M ^a,b   Zbar, A P ^a  

^a Villa Flaminia Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constipation; Faecal incontinence; Rectal prolapse; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249146668     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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