The Noble-Mengert-Fish operation - Revisited: A composite approach for persistent rectovaginal fistulas and complex perineal defects

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 6 I, 1998, Pages 1411-1417

  Veronikis, D K ^a   Nichols, D H ^a   Spino, C ^a   Elkins, T ^a  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

'Cloaca like' defects; Complex perineal defects; Fecal incontinence; Primary rectovaginal fistula; Recurrent or persistent rectovaginal fistula; Site specific defect classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTION; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032432540     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70003-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. MP Segond Nouveau procede operatoire pour la reparation des fistules recto-vaginales chez les femmes dont le perinee est intact. (Abaissesuperieur a la fisule, apres resection du segmetn rectal sous-jacent.) Ann Gynecol 44 1895 1 14
2. GH Noble A new operation for the complete laceration of the perineum designed for the purpose of eliminating danger of infection from the rectum Transactions of the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the American Gynecological Society; 1902; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1902 The Society Philadelphia 357 363
3. AP Dudley A new operation for the relief of severe cases of recto-vaginal fistula JAMA 39 1902 185 191
4. GH Noble A flap sliding operation for the recto-vaginal fistula, leaving perineum and sphincter intact 2 1909 607 612
5. AW Elting The treatment of fistula in ano Ann Surg 56 1912 744 752
6. WF Mengert SA Fish Anterior rectal wall advancement. Technic for repair of complete perineal laceration and rectovaginal fistula Obstet Gynecol 3 1955 262 267
7. DM Gallagher RA Scarborough Repair of rectovaginal fistula Dis Colon Rectum 5 1962 193 195
8. BT Daniels Rectovaginal fistula. A clinical and pathological study [thesis] 1949 University of Minnesota Minneapolis
9. DH Nichols CL Randall Vaginal surgery 4th ed 1996 Williams & Wilkins Baltimore
10. MP Aronson RA Lee TH Berquist Anatomy of anal sphincters and related structures in continent women studied with magnetic resonance imaging Obstet Gynecol 76 1990 846 851
11. R Joachimovits Das Beckenausgangsgebiet und perineum des weibes 1969 Wilhelm Maudrich Vienna
12. Preliminary data on births and deaths—United States 1995 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 45 1996 914 919
13. RE Harris An evaluation of median episiotomy Am J Obstet Gynecol 106 1970 660 665
14. KG Goldaber PJ Wendel DD McIntire GD Wendel Postpartum perineal morbidity after fourth-degree perineal repair Am J Obstet Gynecol 168 1993 489 493
15. WE Wise PS Aguilar A Padmanabhan DM Meesig MW Arnold WRC Stewart Surgical treatment of low rectovaginal fistulas Dis Colon Rectum 34 1991 271 274
16. DR Laird Procedures used in treatment of complicated fistulas Am J Surg 76 1948 701 708
17. IJ Kodner A Mazor EI Shemesh RD Fry JW Fleshman EH Birnbaum Endorectal advancement flap repair of rectovaginal and other complicated anorectal fistulas Surgery 114 1993 682 690
18. HM MacRae RS McLeod Z Cohen H Stern R Reznick Treatment of rectovaginal fistulas that has failed previous repair attempts Dis Colon Rectum 38 1995 921 925
19. AC Lowry AG Thorson DA Rothenberger SM Goldberg Repair of simple rectovaginal fistulas. Influence of previous repairs Dis Colon Rectum 31 1988 676 678