Fecal incontinence: Mechanisms and management

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Halland, Magnus ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Risk factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND;

ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84857055194     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32834d2e8b     Document Type: Review

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