Quo Vadis STARR? A Prospective Long-Term Follow-Up of Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection for Obstructed Defecation Syndrome

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1349-1354

  Zehler, Oliver ^a   Vashist, Yogesh K ^a   Bogoevski, Dean ^a   Bockhorn, Maximillian ^a   Yekebas, Emre F ^a   Izbicki, Jakob R ^a   Kutup, Asad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long term results; Obstructed defecation syndrome; Rectocele; STARR

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOCELE; RECTUM; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURING METHOD; SYNDROME; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTOCELE; RECTUM; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955842933     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1261-4     Document Type: Article

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