Anal canal vector volume manometry

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 759-768

  Schizas, Alexis M P ^a   Emmanuel, Anton V ^b   Williams, Andrew B ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal physiology; Fecal incontinence; Vector volume manometry

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; AUTOMATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VECTOR VOLUME MANOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 79960966885     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3182113be7     Document Type: Review

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