Short-term outcomes after rehabilitation treatment in patients selected by a novel rehabilitation score system (Brusciano score) with or without previous stapled transanal rectal resection (STARR) for rectal outlet obstruction

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 783-793

  Brusciano, L ^a,b   Limongelli, P ^a   Del Genio, G ^a   Di Stazio, C ^a   Rossetti, G ^a   Sansone, S ^a   Tolone, S ^a   Lucido, F ^a   D'Alessandro, A ^a   Docimo, G ^a   Docimo, L ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Defaecatory disorders; Electrical stimulation; Muscles coordination training; Pelvic floor rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGACHAN WEXNER SCORE; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRUSCIANO SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORGE WEXNER INCONTINENCE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM SURGERY; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPLED TRANSANAL RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84878568990     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-012-1565-9     Document Type: Article

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