Evaluation and Treatment of Anal Incontinence, Constipation, and Defecatory Dysfunction

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 673-697

  Omotosho, Tola B ^a   Rogers, Rebecca G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Constipation; Defecatory dysfunction; Fecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATROPINE; BULKING AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CASCARA; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLESTYRAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; EMODIN; GLYCEROL; IRON; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METHYLCELLULOSE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO; SENNA EXTRACT; SORBITOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERIAL COATING; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTOCELE;

EID: 70449668974     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2009.08.008     Document Type: Review

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