Endorectal advancement flap for cryptoglandular or Crohn's fistula-in-ano

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 486-495

  Soltani, Ali ^a   Kaiser, Andreas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advancement flap; Fistula; Perianal crohn disease; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; CROHN DISEASE; CYSTOCOLIC FISTULA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM FISTULA; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUM;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 77951907137     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181ce8b01     Document Type: Review

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