Long-term functional outcome and quality of life in patients with high imperforate anus

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 224-230

  Hashish, Mohamed S ^a   Dawoud, Hamada H ^b   Hirschl, Ronald B ^a   Bruch, Steven W ^a   El Batarny, Akram M ^b   Mychaliska, George B ^a   Drongowski, Robert A ^a   Ehrlich, Peter F ^a   Hassaballa, Sayed Z ^b   El Dosuky, Nagi I ^b   Teitelbaum, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Constipation; Imperforate anus; Incontinence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION HABIT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AGE FACTORS; ANAL CANAL; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EGYPT; ENEMA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72649105124     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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