Constipation: A potential cause of pelvic floor damage?

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Amselem, C ^a   Puigdollers, A ^b   Azpiroz, F ^c   Sala, C ^a   Videla, S ^c   Fernandez Fraga X ^c   Whorwell, P ^d   Malagelada, J R ^c  

^a Pelvic Floor Institute ^*  (Spain)

^b Hospital de Mollet   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Constipation; Functional outlet obstruction; Pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTOCELE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 74549127482     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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