Defecographic pelvic floor abnormalities in constipated patients: Does mode of delivery matter?

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-283

  Murad Regadas, Sthela ^a   Peterson, Thais V ^a   Pinto, Rodrigo A ^a   Regadas, F Sergio P ^a   Sands, Dana R ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Paradoxical puborectalis contraction; Rectal intussusception; Rectocele; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RECTOCELE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; RECTOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949916655     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-009-0533-z     Document Type: Article

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