Outcomes after fistulotomy: Results of a prospective, multicenter regional study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2022-2027

  Hyman, Neil ^a   O'Brien, Sean ^a   Osler, Turner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Database; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROHN DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE SEVERITY INDEX; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FISTULOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND HEALING; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM FISTULA; REOPERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949094363     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181b72378     Document Type: Article

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