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Prospective comparison of short- and long-term effects of pelvic floor exercise/biofeedback training in patients with fecal incontinence after surgery plus irradiation versus surgery alone for colorectal cancer: Clinical, functional and endoscopic/endosonographic findings

Hubert Allgayer Department Oncology, Rehaklinik Ob der Tauber der LVA Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Bad Mergentheim, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
, MSc , MD,
Christoph F. Dietrich Medical Clinic II, Caritaskrankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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Wolfgang Rohde Department Oncology, Rehaklinik Ob der Tauber der LVA Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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Günther F. Koch Department Oncology, Rehaklinik Ob der Tauber der LVA Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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Thomas Tuschhoff Department Oncology, Rehaklinik Ob der Tauber der LVA Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Pages 1168-1175 | Received 24 Sep 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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