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Previous sphincter repair does not affect the outcome of repeat repair |
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Published in | Diseases of the colon & rectum. 2002, vol. 45, no. 5, p. 635-40 | |
Abstract | As many as 60 percent of patients present with recurrent symptoms of fecal incontinence after anterior overlapping anal sphincter repair. The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of repeat overlapping anal sphincter repair. | |
Keywords | Adult — Anal Canal/injuries/innervation/surgery/ultrasonography — Birth Injuries/complications — Chi-Square Distribution — Electromyography — Endosonography — Fecal Incontinence/etiology/physiopathology/surgery — Female — Follow-Up Studies — Humans — Manometry — Motor Neurons/physiology — Pressure — Reoperation — Statistics, Nonparametric — Treatment Outcome | |
Identifiers | PMID: 12004213 | |
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Research groups | Chirurgie viscérale (104) Chirurgie viscérale (HUG) | |
Citation (ISO format) | GIORDANO, Pasquale et al. Previous sphincter repair does not affect the outcome of repeat repair. In: Diseases of the colon & rectum, 2002, vol. 45, n° 5, p. 635-40. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:46208 |