Novel applications of external anal sphincter muscle sarcomere length to enhance the anal canal function

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-

  Rajasekaran, M R ^a   Jiang, Y ^a   Bhargava, V ^a   Lieber, R L ^b   Mittal, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal continence; Anal sphincter injury; Length tension; Plication

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LASER DIFFRACTION; MUSCLE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS; SARCOMERES;

EID: 78650115540     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01608.x     Document Type: Article

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