Current management of fecal incontinence: Choosing amongst treatment options to optimize outcomes

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 9216-9230

  Van Koughnett, Julie Ann M ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial bowel Sphincter; Biofeedback; Fecal incontinence; Sacral nerve stimulation; Sphincteroplasty; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTIFICIAL BOWEL SPHINCTER; BIOFEEDBACK; FECAL INCONTINENCE; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; TREATMENT;

DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891378066     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9216     Document Type: Article

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