Previous sphincter repair does not affect the outcome of repeat repair

Giordano, Pasquale; Renzi, Adolfo; Efron, Jonathan; Gervaz, Pascal; Weiss, Eric G; Nogueras, Juan J; Wexner, Steven D

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Previous sphincter repair does not affect the outcome of repeat repair

ContributorsGiordano, Pasquale; Renzi, Adolfo; Efron, Jonathan; Gervaz, Pascal; Weiss, Eric G; Nogueras, Juan J; Wexner, Steven D

Published inDiseases of the colon & rectum, vol. 45, no. 5, p. 635-640

Publication date2002

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

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research groups

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. 635–640.

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:46208
PMID : 12004213

Journal ISSN0012-3706

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Previous sphincter repair does not affect the outcome of repeat repair

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.

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