Outcome of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) for fecal incontinence: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 939-943

  Hotouras, Alexander ^a   Murphy, Jamie ^a   Walsh, Una ^a   Allison, Marion ^a   Curry, Ann ^a   Williams, Norman S ^a   Knowles, Charles ^a   Chan, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anorectal physiology; fecal incontinence; neuromodulation; PTNS; tibial nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIAL NERVE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899479021     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a6266c     Document Type: Article

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