Outcomes of anal fistula surgery in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 609-613

  Chung, Wiley ^a   Ko, David ^a   Sun, Clare ^a   Raval, Manoj J ^a   Brown, Carl J ^a   Phang, P Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anal fistula surgery; Inflammatory bowel diseases

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951930625     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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