Seton treatment of anal fistula: Experience with a new modification

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 543-548

  Dziki, Adam ^a,b   Bartos, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b II Klinika Chirurgii Szpitala   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Seton treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031816730     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750005930     Document Type: Article

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