Anal incontinence improvement after silicone injection may be related to restoration of sphincter asymmetry

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Oliveira, Lucia C C ^a   Neves Jorge, José Marcio ^b   Yussuf, Sonia ^b   Habr Gama, Angelita ^b   Kiss, Desidério ^b   Cecconello, Ivan ^a  

^a Policlínica Geral do Rio de Janeiro ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymmetry index; Fecal incontinence; Manometry; Silicone

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL COMPLAINT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJECTION SITE ABSCESS; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PERIANAL ABSCESS; THERAPY; TRANSSPHINCTERIC SILICONE INJECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SILICONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649628468     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350609338374     Document Type: Article

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