Relationship Among Anal Sphincter Injury, Patulous Anal Canal, and Anal Pressures in Patients With Anorectal Disorders

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1793-1800.e1

  Prichard, David ^a   Harvey, Doris M ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^b   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^b   Bharucha, Adil E ^a  

^a Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal Sphincter Defects; Anorectal Imaging; Diagnosis; Risk Factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANAL SQUEEZE PRESSURE; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATULOUS ANAL CANAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; ANUS DISEASE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINEUM; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84941741241     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.03.033     Document Type: Article

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