Defecography: A practical approach

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Faccioli, Niccoló ^a   Comai, Alessio ^a   Mainardi, Paride ^b   Perandini, Simone ^a   Moore, Farah ^a   Pozzi Mucelli, Roberto ^a  

^a G B ROSSI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Defecography; Pelvic floor; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROCELE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PUBORECTALIS MUSCLE SYNDROME; RECTOCELE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SIGMOIDOCELE;

ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PERINEUM; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957223206     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2584-09.1     Document Type: Article

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