Transperineal repair of obstetric-related anovaginal fistula

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-71

  Chew, Simon S B ^a   Rieger, Nick A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anovaginal fistula; Obstetric; Sphincter repair; Transperineal repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA MUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 1242308347     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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