Transanal irrigation improves quality of life in patients with low anterior resection syndrome

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Rosen, Harald ^a   Robert Yap, J ^b   Tentschert, G ^a   Lechner, M ^a   Roche, B ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior resection syndrome; Rectal resection; Transanal irrigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLEVELAND INCONTINENCE SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION SYNDROME; MALE; NURSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROCKWOOD QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TRANSANAL IRRIGATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 80053062914     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02692.x     Document Type: Article

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