Surgical treatment of rectal prolapse

Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-12

  Shin, Eung Jin ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Procidentia; Rectal prolapse; Rectopexy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ALTEMEIDER OPERATION; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONSTIPATION; DELORME OPERATION; GANT MIWA OPERATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR MESH RECTOPEXY; PROCTOPEXY; PROSTHETIC RECTOPEXY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGMOIDECTOMY; STAPLED RECTOPEXY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE RECTOPEXY;

EID: 79953253753     PISSN: 20937822     EISSN: 20937830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3393/jksc.2011.27.1.5     Document Type: Review

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