Cutting seton without preliminary internal sphincterotomy in management of complex high fistula-in-ano

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-58

  McCourtney, James S ^a   Finlay, Ian G ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fistula in ano; Fistulotomy; Seton

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030042038     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02048270     Document Type: Article

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