Transanal surgery for obstructed defecation syndrome: Literature review and a single-center experience

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 7983-7998

  Liu, Wei Cheng ^a   Wan, Song Lin ^a   Yaseen, S M ^a   Ren, Xiang Hai ^a   Tian, Cui Ping ^a   Ding, Zhao ^a   Zheng, Ken Yan ^a   Wu, Yun Hua ^a   Jiang, Cong Qing ^a   Qian, Qun ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical experience; Clinical outcome; Medical assessment; Obstructive defecation syndrome; Transanal manual technique; Transanal stapling procedure; Transanal surgery

Indexed keywords

ANUS SURGERY; BRESLER PROCEDURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTOUR TRANSTAR PROCEDURE; DEFECATION DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GASTROINTESTINAL STAPLER; HUMAN; INTERNAL DELORME PROCEDURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION SYNDROME; PROCEDURE FOR PROLAPSE AND HEMORRHOID; REVIEW; STAPLED TRANSANAL RECTAL RESECTION; TISSUE SELECTING THERAPY; TRANSANAL ENDOSCOPIC RECTAL PROLAPSE PROCEDURE; TRANSANAL REPAIR OF RECTOCELE AND RECTAL MUCOSECTOMY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTOCELE; RECTUM; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTOCELE; RECTUM; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991044817     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i35.7983     Document Type: Review

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