Anal sphincter repair for fecal incontinence: Experience from a tertiary care centre

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 162-165

  Chase, Suchita ^a   Mittal, Rohin ^a   Jesudason, Mark Ranjan ^a   Nayak, Sukria ^a   Perakath, Benjamin ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Obstetric anal sphincter injury; Retrospective study; Sphincteroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; INJURY; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952284045     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-010-0037-9     Document Type: Review

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