Sustained improvement in the anal sphincter function following surgical plication of rabbit external anal sphincter muscle

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1373-1380

  Rajasekaran, M Raj ^a   Jiang, Yanfen ^a   Bhargava, Valmik ^a   Ramamoorthy, Sonia ^a   Lieber, Richard L ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal continence; Anal sphincter injury; Length tension

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE STRESS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLE, STRIATED; RABBITS; SARCOMERES;

EID: 80455168667     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31822d0333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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