Prospective multicenter trial comparing echodefecography with defecography in the assessment of anorectal dysfunction in patients with obstructed defecation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 686-692

  Regadas, F Sergio P ^a   Haas, Eric M ^b   Abbas, Maher A ^c   Jorge, J Marcio ^d   Habr Gama, Angelita ^d   Sands, Dana ^e   Wexner, Steven D ^e   Melo Amaral, Ingrid ^f   Sardiñas, Carlos ^f   Lima, Doryane M ^g   Sagae, Evaldo U ^g   Murad Regadas, Sthela M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

^g Gastroclinica Cascavel   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anismus; Defecography; Obstructed defecation; Rectal intussusception; Rectocele; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISMUS; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL DYSFUNCTION; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHODEFECOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; ANAL CANAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INTUSSUSCEPTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; BARIUM SULFATE; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTOCELE;

EID: 79960967701     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3182113ac7     Document Type: Article

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