Randomized clinical and manometric study of advancement flap versus fistulotomy with sphincter reconstruction in the management of complex fistula-in-ano

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Perez, Francisco ^a,b   Arroyo, Antonio ^a   Serrano, Pilar ^a   Sánchez, Ana ^a   Candela, Fernando ^a   Perez, Maria Teresa ^a   Calpena, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advancement flap; Anal sphincter reconstruction; Complex anal fistula; Fistula in ano; High transsphincteric fistula; Suprasphincteric fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCEMENT FLAP; ANOPLASTY; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE FLAP;

ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744902591     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.01.028     Document Type: Article

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