Measurement of anal cushions in idiopathic faecal incontinence

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 680-684

  Thekkinkattil, D K ^a   Dunham, R J ^a   O'Herlihy, S ^a   Finan, P J ^a   Sagar, P M ^a   Burke, D A ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URGE INCONTINENCE;

ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 66749126774     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6597     Document Type: Article

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