Measurements of pelvic floor dyssynergia: Which test result matters?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-65

  Bordeianou, Liliana ^a   Savitt, Lieba ^a   Dursun, Abdulmetin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractions of puborectalis; Obstructed defecation; Pelvic floor dyssynergia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON EXPULSION TEST; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC FLOOR DYSSYNERGIA; PREDICTION; RECTUM; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANAL CANAL; ATAXIA; BARIUM SULFATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651482785     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181fd2373     Document Type: Article

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