PROSPER: A randomised comparison of surgical treatments for rectal prolapse

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 858-868

  Senapati, A ^a   Gray, R G ^b   Middleton, L J ^c   Harding, J ^d   Hills, R K ^e   Armitage, N C M ^f   Buckley, L ^c   Northover, J M A ^g  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Whittall Street Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factorial design; PROSPER; Randomised controlled trial; Rectal prolapse; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ALTEMEIER TECHNIQUE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CHEST INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELORME TECHNIQUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEAL SURGERY; PERINEUM; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOMETRY; TISSUE INJURY;

FACTORIAL DESIGN; PROSPER; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL PROLAPSE; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880972841     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12177     Document Type: Article

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