Stapled transanal rectal resection for obstructed defecation: A cautionary tale

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1716-1722

  Titu, Liviu V ^a   Riyad, Kallingal ^a   Carter, Helen ^a   Dixon, Anthony R ^a,b,c  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SPIRE Hospital Bristol   (United Kingdom)

^c North Bristol HospitalsNHSTrust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intussusception; Obstructed defecation; Rectocele; Stapled transanal rectal resection; STARR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350093400     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181b550bf     Document Type: Article

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