Rectovaginal Fistula

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-82

  Champagne, Bradley J ^a   McGee, Michael F ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Louis Stokes Wade Park Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Etiology; Evaluation; Rectovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; INFLIXIMAB;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANUS FISTULA; BIOPROSTHESIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG COST; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFECTION; INTIMACY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL INJURY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 73049116187     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2009.09.003     Document Type: Review

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