Application of transanal irrigation for patients with spinal cord injury in South Korea: A 6-month follow-up study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 389-394

  Kim, H R ^a   Lee, B S ^b   Lee, J E ^c   Shin, H I ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Rehabilitation Center   (South Korea)

^c Yeeun Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

assistance; defecation; neurogenic bowel; spinal cord injury; transanal irrigation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAL COMPLAINT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECTAL CATHETER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SOUTH KOREA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TELECONSULTATION; TRANSANAL IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877586096     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.171     Document Type: Article

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