Rectovaginal fistula

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1261-1272

  Saclarides, Theodore J ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036916879     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(02)00055-5     Document Type: Review

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