Surgical management of constipation

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 62-71

  Knowles, C H ^a   Dinning, P G ^b   Pescatori, M ^c   Rintala, R ^d   Rosen, H ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Unita di Coloproctologia Ars Medica Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e St Vincent Hospital Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Constipation; Evacuatory disorder; Sacral nerve stimulation; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHILD; COLECTOMY; CONSTIPATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENEMA; HUMANS; ILEUM; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; RECTUM;

EID: 70350632876     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01405.x     Document Type: Review

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