Clinical relevance of transperineal ultrasound compared with evacuation proctography for the evaluation of patients with obstructed defaecation

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1167-1172

  Martellucci, Jacopo ^a   Naldini, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Dept of Clin Microbiol Lab   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defaecography; Enterocoele; Evacuation proctography; Intussusception; Obstructed defaecation syndrome; Pelvic floor; Rectocoele; Transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCELE; EVACUATION PROCTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION SYNDROME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOCELE; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTOCELE;

EID: 80053058282     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02427.x     Document Type: Article

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