Transposition of the rectus abdominis muscle for complicated pouch and rectal fistulas

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 486-489

  Tran, Khe T C ^a   Kuijpers, Han C ^b   Van Nieuwenhoven, Ernst Jan ^a   Van Goor, Harry ^a   Spauwen, Paul H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PROSPER HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fistula repair; Muscle interposition; Pouch vaginal fistula; Rectovaginal fistula; Rectus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUM POUCH; INTESTINE FISTULA; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM FISTULA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032913599     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234173     Document Type: Article

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