The assessment and management of rectal prolapse, rectal intussusception, rectocoele, and enterocoele in adults

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7792, 2011, Pages 325-329

  Jones, Oliver M ^a   Cunningham, Christopher ^a   Lindsey, Ian ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENTEROCELE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTOCELE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79551632263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c7099     Document Type: Review

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