Total mesorectal excision with intraoperative assessment of internal anal sphincter innervation provides new insights into neurogenic incontinence

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-312

  Kneist, Werner ^a   Kauff, Daniel W ^a   Gockel, Ines ^a   Huppert, Sabine ^a   Koch, Klaus P ^b   Hoffmann, Klaus P ^c   Lang, Hauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; URETEROSIGMOIDOSTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857655174     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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