Fibrin Glue Treatment of Low Rectal and Pouch-Anal Anastomotic Sinuses

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-255

  Swain, B T ^a   Ellis, C N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic sinus; Fibrin glue; Low rectal anastomosis; Pouch anal anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENEMA; FIBRIN GLUE; METRONIDAZOLE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PELVIC ANASTOMOTIC SINUS; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RECTUM ANASTOMOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 0842283903     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-003-0040-7     Document Type: Review

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