Anal vector volume analysis: An effective tool in the management of pelvic floor disorders

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Grande, M ^a   Cadeddu, F ^a   Sileri, P ^a   Ciano, P ^a   Attina G M ^a   Selvaggio, I ^a   Milito, G ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric index; Fecal incontinence; Sphincter injury; Vector anal manometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; VECTOR ANAL MANOMETRY; VECTOR ASYMMETRY INDEX SCORING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFECATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952280759     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-010-0658-0     Document Type: Article

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