Experience with staged mucosal advancement anoplasty for high trans-sphincteric fistula-in-ano

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 446-450

  Zbar, A P ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL 3350;

ADULT; AGED; ANOPLASTY; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949206690     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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