Puborectal sling interposition for the treatment of rectovaginal fistulas

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Oom, D M J ^a   Gosselink, M P ^a   Van Dijl, V R M ^a   Zimmerman, D D E ^a   Schouten, W R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Fecal continence; Muscle interposition; Puborectal sling interposition; Rectovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INJURY; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERIANAL ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBORECTAL SLING INTERPOSITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM SURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745805515     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-006-0265-2     Document Type: Article

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