The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18, January 2009

Radiofrequency energy delivery to the anal canal: is it a promising new approach to the treatment of fecal incontinence?

  • Duck-Woo Kim, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • D.-W.K. and H.-M.Y. contributed equally to this work.
    • Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, 463-707 Seongnam, Korea
    • ,
  • Hong-Man Yoon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • D.-W.K. and H.-M.Y. contributed equally to this work.
    • Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, 463-707 Seongnam, Korea
    • ,
  • Jun-Seok Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
    • ,
  • Young Hoon Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
    • ,
  • Sung-Bum Kang, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-Dong, Bundang-Gu, 463-707 Seongnam, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82-31-787-7093; fax: +82-31-787-4055

Received 17 September 2007; received in revised form 27 November 2007 published online 10 July 2008.

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PII: S0002-9610(08)00322-X

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.11.023

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18, January 2009

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