Perianal abscess: A pilot study comparing packing with nonpacking of the abscess cavity

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1510-1514

  Tonkin, Darren M ^a,b   Murphy, Elizabeth ^a   Brooke Smith, Mark ^a   Hollington, Paul ^a   Rieger, Nicholas ^a   Hockley, Simon ^a   Richardson, Nigel ^a   Wattchow, David A ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Anal diseases; Clinical trials; Drainage; Fistula; Human; Nonpacking; Packing; Pain; Rectal diseases; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABSCESS CAVITY PACKING; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANUS DISEASES; BANDAGES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4644227730     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0620-1     Document Type: Article

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