Are rectoceles the cause or the result of obstructed defaecation syndrome? A prospective anorectal physiology study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 993-999

  Hicks, C W ^a,b   Weinstein, M ^a   Wakamatsu, M ^a   Pulliam, S ^a   Savitt, L ^a   Bordeianou, L ^a  

^a Massachusetts General Hospital Pelvic Floor Disorders Service ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorectal physiology; Obstructed defaecation syndrome; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; DEFECATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION SYNDROME; PELVIS FLOOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; REST; SPLINTING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ANORECTAL PHYSIOLOGY; OBSTRUCTED DEFAECATION SYNDROME; RECTOCELE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ATAXIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTOCELE; RECTUM; VAGINA;

EID: 84883221734     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12213     Document Type: Article

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