MR-defecography in obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS): Technique, diagnostic criteria and grading

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 501-510

  Piloni, V ^a   Tosi, P ^a   Vernelli, M ^a  

^a Pelvic Floor Imaging Centre Clinica Villa Silvia ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical impact of imaging techniques; MR defecography; Obstructive defecation syndrome; Surgical strategies in pelvic floor disorders

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYSTOCELE; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROCELE; INCREASED HIATUS SIZE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION SYNDROME; PERITONEOCELE; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; RECTOCELE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885421896     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-013-0993-z     Document Type: Article

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