Conventional cutting vs. internal anal sphincter-preserving seton for high trans-sphincteric fistula: A prospective randomized manometric and clinical trial

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-94

  Zbar, A P ^a   Ramesh, J ^a   Beer Gabel, M ^b   Salazar, R ^a   Pescatori, M ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Villa Flaminia Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal manometry; Cryptogenic fistula in ano; Cutting seton; Internal anal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTTING SETON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE LAVAGE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL FISTULA; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0041878911     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-003-0016-6     Document Type: Article

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