Prospective randomised trial comparing ayurvedic cutting seton and fistulotomy for low fistula-in-ano

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 137-141

  Ho, K S ^a   Tsang, C ^a   Seow Choen, F ^a   Ho, Y H ^a   Tang, C L ^a   Heah, S M ^a   Eu, K W ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic treatment; Fistula in ano; Fistulotomy; Seton

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AYURVEDIC CUTTING SETON INSERTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035718176     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101510100015     Document Type: Article

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