Surgical treatment of complex anal fistulas with the anal fistula plug: A prospective, multicenter study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1578-1583

  Schwandner, Thilo ^a,c   Roblick, Michael H ^b   Kierer, Walter ^b   Brom, Armand ^b   Padberg, Winfried ^a   Hirschburger, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b Enddarmzentrum ^*  (Germany)

^c Thorax und Transplantationschirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coloproctology; Surgery; Transsphincteric anal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAL FISTULA PLUG; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; XENOGRAFT; BANDAGE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM FISTULA; SURGICAL TAMPON;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70249131835     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181a8fbb7     Document Type: Article

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