Gracilis muscle transposition for fistulas between the rectum and urethra or vagina

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1316-1321

  Zmora, Osnat ^a   Tulchinsky, Hagit ^a   Gur, Eyal ^a   Goldman, Gideon ^a   Klausner, Joseph M ^a   Rabau, Micha ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gracilis muscle; Rectourethral fistula; Rectovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PERIANAL ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIATION INJURY; RECTOURETHRAL FISTULA; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM INJURY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY FISTULA;

EID: 33748754526     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0585-3     Document Type: Review

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