Damage to anal sphincter/levator ani muscles caused by operative procedure in anal sphincter-preserving operation for rectal cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 508-513

  Hirano, Atsushi ^a   Koda, Keiji ^a   Kosugi, Chihiro ^a   Yamazaki, Masato ^a   Yasuda, Hideki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter preserving operation; Anterior resection; Defecatory disorder; Rectal cancer; Three dimensional vector manometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952969818     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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