Management of obstructed defecation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1053-1060

  Podzemny, Vlasta ^a   Pescatori, Lorenzo Carlo ^a   Pescatori, Mario ^a  

^a Parioli Clinic ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Constipation; Obstructed defecation; Pelvic floor rehabilitation; Rectal prolaxectomy; Rectopexy

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; COLON LAVAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; COSMESIS; COUNSELING; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENTEROCELE; HIGH FIBER DIET; ICEBERG SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION SYNDROME; PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION; PROCTOPEXY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECTAL PROLAPSECTOMY; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOGA; CONVALESCENCE; DEFECATION; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921799987     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i4.1053     Document Type: Review

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