Prospective randomized double-blind study of temporary sacral nerve stimulation in patients with rectal evacuatory dysfunction and rectal hyposensitivity

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-649

  Knowles, Charles H ^a   Thin, Noel ^a   Gill, Katherine ^a   Bhan, Chetan ^a   Grimmer, Karyn ^a   Lunniss, Peter J ^a   Williams, Norman S ^a   Scott, S Mark ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVACUATORY DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL HYPOSENSITIVITY; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL DISEASES; SACRUM; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858661735     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318247d49f     Document Type: Review

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