Sacral nerve stimulation for intractable constipation

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Kamm, Michael A ^a,b   Dudding, Thomas C ^b   Melenhorst, Jarno ^c   Jarrett, Michael ^b   Wang, Zengri ^d   Buntzen, Steen ^e   Johansson, Claes ^f   Laurberg, Søren ^e   Rosen, Harald ^g   Vaizey, Carolynne J ^b   Matzel, Klaus ^h   Baeten, Cor ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749321727     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.187989     Document Type: Article

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