Does the presence of a high grade internal rectal prolapse affect the outcome of pelvic floor retraining in patients with faecal incontinence or obstructed defaecation?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Adusumilli, S ^a   Gosselink, M P ^a   Fourie, S ^a   Curran, K ^a   Jones, O M ^a   Cunningham, C ^a   Lindsey, I ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Constipation; Faecal incontinence; Internal rectal prolapse; Obstructed defaecation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE SEVERITY INDEX; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CONSTIPATION SYMPTOM; PELVIC FLOOR RETRAINING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM PROLAPSE;

BIOFEEDBACK; CONSTIPATION; FAECAL INCONTINENCE; INTERNAL RECTAL PROLAPSE; OBSTRUCTED DEFAECATION;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL PROLAPSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887152612     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12367     Document Type: Article

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