Sigmoidectomy syndrome? Patients' perspectives on the functional outcomes following surgery for diverticulitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Levack, Melissa M ^a   Savitt, Lieba R ^a   Berger, David L ^a   Shellito, Paul C ^a   Hodin, Richard A ^a   Rattner, David W ^a   Goldberg, Stanley M ^b   Bordeianou, Liliana ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Diverticulitis; Fecal incontinence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; DEFECATION URGENCY; DIVERTICULITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDECTOMY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856314871     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31823907a9     Document Type: Article

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