Management of fecal incontinence after treatment for rectal cancer

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-64

  Lundby, Lilli ^a   Duelund Jakobsen, Jakob ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fecal i.ncontinence.; Low anterior resection s.yndrome.; Rectal c.ancer.; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LAVAGE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; SACRUM; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SACRUM; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79954557650     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e3283435dd4     Document Type: Article

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