Transcutaneous Sacral Electrical Stimulation for Chronic Functional Constipation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 132-139

  Iqbal, Fareed ^a,b   Thomas, Gregory P ^a   Tan, Emile ^c   Askari, Alan ^a   Dastur, Jamasp K ^a   Nicholls, John ^a   Vaizey, Carolynne J ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Neuromodulation; Sacral; Stimulation; Transcutaneous

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CHRONIC FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; CLEVELAND CONSTIPATION TOOL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ROOT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CONSTIPATION QUALITY OF LIFE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CONSTIPATION SYMPTOM; PELVIC FLOOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SELF REPORT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS SACRAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROTHERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INNERVATION; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTUM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954421909     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000523     Document Type: Article

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