Cutting seton for complex anal fistulas

Surgeon

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-188

  Chuang Wei, C ^a   Chang Chieh, W ^a   Cheng Wen, H ^a   Tsai Yu, L ^a   Chun Che, F ^a   Shu Wen, Jao ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Elastic band; Extrasphincteric; Seton procedure; Trans sphicteric

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249108900     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(08)80117-5     Document Type: Article

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