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Can manometric parameters predict response to biofeedback therapy in fecal incontinence?

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, 01805, Burlington, Massachusetts

    Yash P. Sangwan M.D., M.S. (Surg.), F.R.C.S. (Ed), F.R.C.S. (Glasg), John A. Coller M.D., Richard C. Barrett M.S., Patricia L. Roberts M.D., John J. Murray M.D. & David J. Schoetz Jr. M.D.

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Read in part at the meeting of the New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Bolton Landing, New York, October 1, 1994.

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Sangwan, Y.P., Coller, J.A., Barrett, R.C. et al. Can manometric parameters predict response to biofeedback therapy in fecal incontinence?. Dis Colon Rectum 38, 1021–1025 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02133972

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