Artificial Anal Sphincter in Severe Fecal Incontinence
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Anal Incontinence and Obstetric Anal Sphincter Tears
PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of anal incontinence (AI) in primiparous women five years after their first delivery; to investigate if an 8-12 hour time delay of primary repair affects AI at 1-year follow-up; to study the association between endoanal ultrasonography and anorectal manometry in relation to AI in primiparous women; to evaluate whether an endoanal ultrasonographic derived sphi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200301000-00008