Surgery for faecal incontinence in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Brown, Steven R ^a   Wadhawan, Himanshu ^a   Nelson, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR LEVATORPLASTY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LEVATORPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERLAP SPHINCTER REPAIR; PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR; POSTANAL PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; ELECTROTHERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84891655949     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001757.pub4     Document Type: Review

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