Treatment of chronic anal fissures and associated stenosis by autologous adipose tissue transplant: A pilot study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 460-466

  Lolli, Paola ^a   Malleo, Giuseppe ^a   Rigotti, Gino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipose derived stem cells; Anal stenosis; Autologous fat transplant; Chronic anal fissure; Fat grafting

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS STENOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REMISSION; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; CHRONIC DISEASE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951924291     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181b726b2     Document Type: Article

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