Smoking affects the outcome of transanal mucosal advancement flap repair of trans-sphincteric fistulas

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-354

  Zimmerman, D D E ^a,b   Delemarre, J B V M ^b   Gosselink, M P ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Briel, J W ^a   Schouten, W R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TISSUE FLAP; TRANSANAL MUCOSAL ADVANCEMENT FLAP REPAIR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; SMOKING; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037338990     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4044     Document Type: Article

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