Treatment for horseshoe fistulas-in-ano with primary closure of the internal fistula opening: A clinical and manometric study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1874-1882

  Koehler, Andreas ^a   Risse Schaaf, Angelika ^a   Athanasiadis, Sotirios ^a  

^a St Joseph Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fistula in ano; Horseshoe abscess; Horseshoe fistula; Operative techniques; Transsphincteric fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; PERIANAL ABSCESS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11244267246     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0650-8     Document Type: Article

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