Comparative study between surgical and non-surgical treatment of anismus in patients with symptoms of obstructed defecation: A prospective randomized study

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1235-1243

  Faried, Mohamed ^a   El Nakeeb, Ayman ^a   Youssef, Mohamed ^a   Omar, Waleed ^a   El Monem, Hisham Abd ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chronic constipation; Obstructed defecation; Pelvic floor; Puborectalis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A;

EID: 77954956091     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1229-4     Document Type: Article

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