Long-term functional outcome and risk factors for recurrence after surgical treatment for low and high perianal fistulas of cryptoglandular origin

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1475-1481

  Van Koperen, Paul J ^a   Wind, Jan ^a   Bemelman, Willem A ^a   Bakx, Roel ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Slors, J Frederik M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continence; Rectal fistula; Recurrence; Risk factor; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52649130837     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9354-9     Document Type: Article

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