Open AccessDoes treatment of constipation improve faecal incontinence in institutionalized elderly patients?
Author(s) -
Philippe Chassagne,
A Jego,
P Gloc,
C. Capet,
C. Trivalle,
J. Doucet,
P. Denis,
E Bercoff
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/29.2.159
Subject(s) - medicine , constipation , laxative , defecation , gastric emptying , cathartic , fecal incontinence , gastroenterology , stomach
o evaluate whether faecal incontinence can be improved by treatment of constipation in elderly patients with faecal incontinence associated with impairment of rectal emptying.
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