Current considerations in the management of rectovaginal fistula from Crohn's disease

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 747-755

  Hannaway, C D ^a   Hull, T L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advancement flap; Crohn's; Fistula; Immunomodulator; Rectovaginal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; FIBRIN GLUE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ALGORITHM; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 52949097646     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01552.x     Document Type: Review

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