Intractable chronic constipation in children: Outcome after anorectal myectomy

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-149

  Mousavi, Seyed Abdollah ^a   Karami, Hasan ^a   Rajabpoor, Ahmad Ali ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anorectal myectomy; children; idiopathic constipation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901463674     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.132810     Document Type: Article

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