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A Clinical Approach to Fecal Incontinence by Mavrantonis, C, Wexner, S D

“…Fecal incontinence is the impaired ability to control gas or stool. It is a disabling and distressing condition. Its exact incidence and prevalence are…”
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Current attitudes in laparoscopic colorectal surgery by MAVRANTONIS, C, WEXNER, S. D, NOGUERAS, J. J, WEISS, E. G, POTENTI, F, PIKARSKY, A. J

“…In this study, we set out to examine the current attitudes among surgeons toward laparoscopic colorectal surgery (LCS). A total of 3628 questionnaires were…”
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Postanal repair for fecal incontinence--is it worthwhile? by Matsuoka, H, Mavrantonis, C, Wexner, S D, Oliveira, L, Gilliland, R, Pikarsky, A

“…Patients with idiopathic or neurogenic incontinence without an isolated sphincter defect may be suitable candidates for a postanal repair. The aim of this…”
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A pilot assessment of whether external coil MRI is useful to assess evacuatory disorders by Matsuoka, H, Desai, M B, Wexner, S D, Adami, C, Mavrantonis, C, Nogueras, J J, Weiss, E G, Billotti, V L, Nakamura, T

“…This study assessed the value of common surface coil magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with evacuatory disorders including fecal incontinence and…”
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Feasibility and functional outcome of laparoscopic intersphincteric rectal resection for ultra-low rectal cancer by Mavrantonis, C. S.

“…Aim-Background The Aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and analyze the functional outcome of laparoscopic intersphincteric resection (LISR) in…”
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Pelvic floor reconstruction after major cancer surgery by Voros, D, Fragoulidis, G, Theodosopoulos, T, Mavrantonis, C, Samanidis, L, Papavasiliou, C, Papadimitriou, J

“…Many surgical techniques to keep the small intestine out of the pelvis after cancer surgery have been developed. We used part of the ileum and its mesentery…”
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Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale: quality of life instrument for patients with fecal incontinence by Rockwood, T H, Church, J M, Fleshman, J W, Kane, R L, Mavrantonis, C, Thorson, A G, Wexner, S D, Bliss, D, Lowry, A C

“…This goal of this research was to develop and evaluate the psychometrics of a health-related quality of life scale developed to address issues related…”
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Patient and surgeon ranking of the severity of symptoms associated with fecal incontinence: the fecal incontinence severity index by Rockwood, T H, Church, J M, Fleshman, J W, Kane, R L, Mavrantonis, C, Thorson, A G, Wexner, S D, Bliss, D, Lowry, A C

“…The purpose of this research was to develop and evaluate a severity rating score for fecal incontinence, the Fecal Incontinence Severity Index. The Fecal…”
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Stimulated graciloplasty for treatment of intractable fecal incontinence: critical influence of the method of stimulation by Mavrantonis, C, Billotti, V L, Wexner, S D

“…Patients with end-stage fecal incontinence, in whom all standard medical and surgical treatment has failed or is not expected to be effective, can be treated…”
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Euthanasia and suicide in antiquity: viewpoint of the dramatists and philosophers by Papadimitriou, J. D, Skiadas, P., Mavrantonis, C. S, Polimeropoulos, V., Papadimitriou, D. J, Papacostas, K. J

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Intraobserver and interobserver measurements of the anorectal angle and perineal descent in defecography by Choi, J S, Wexner, S D, Nam, Y S, Mavrantonis, C, Salum, M R, Yamaguchi, T, Weiss, E G, Nogueras, J J, Yu, C F

“…Anorectal angle and perineal descent can be measured either by drawing a line defined by the impression of the puborectalis muscle and the tangential of the…”
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Implantation of microballoons in the management of fecal incontinence by Feretis, C, Benakis, P, Dailianas, A, Dimopoulos, C, Mavrantonis, C, Stamou, K M, Manouras, A, Apostolidis, N, Androulakis, G

“…The implantation of expandable microballoons has proved successful for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. This led us to test its effectiveness in…”
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