Endorectal advancement flap: Are there predictors of failure?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1616-1621

  Mizrahi, Nelly ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a,b   Zmora, Oded ^a   Da Silva, Giovanna ^a   Efron, Jonathan ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a   Vernava III, Anthony M ^a   Nogueras, Juan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Endorectal advancement flap; Incontinence; Perianal fistula; Sphincter injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036904848     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-7248-z     Document Type: Article

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