Recovery rates and functional results after repair for rectovaginal fistula in Crohn's disease: A comparison of different techniques

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1051-1060

  Athanasiadis, Sotirios ^a   Yazigi, Rayan ^a   Köhler, Andreas ^a   Helmes, Christian ^a  

^a St Joseph Hospital Duisburg Laar ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Crohn'sdisease; Rectovaginal fistula; Surgery; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS CONTINENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MANOMETRY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

COLOSTOMY; CROHN DISEASE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; VAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 34848914319     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0294-y     Document Type: Article

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