Fistulotomy and drainage of deep postanal space abscess in the treatment of posterior horseshoe fistula

BMC Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-9

  Inceoglu, Resit ^a   Gencosmanoglu, Rasim ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FISTULOGRAPHY; FISTULOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR HORSESHOE FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 3042619646     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-3-10     Document Type: Article

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