Preliminary results of sacral transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 348-353

  Leung, Edmund ^a   Francombe, James ^a  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; Wexner score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; SACRAL TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; FOLLOW UP; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876081285     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31827aed41     Document Type: Article

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