Sacral nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence: Results of a 120-patient prospective multicenter study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-449

  Wexner, Steven D ^a   Coller, John A ^b   Devroede, Ghislain ^c   Hull, Tracy ^d   McCallum, Richard ^e   Chan, Miranda ^f   Ayscue, Jennifer M ^g   Shobeiri, Abbas S ^h   Margolin, David ⁱ   England, Michael ^j   Kaufman, Howard ^k   Snape, William J ^l   Mutlu, Ece ^m   Chua, Heidi ⁿ   Pettit, Paul ⁿ   Nagle, Deborah ^o   Madoff, Robert D ^p   Lerew, Darin R ^q   Mellgren, Anders ^p  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^g WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

ⁱ OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^j Norman F Gant Research Foundation   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^o BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^q MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINE RETENTION; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77649156844     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cf8ed0     Document Type: Article

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