Plugs unplugged. Anal fistula plug: The Concord experience

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 341-343

  Owen, Gareth ^a   Keshava, Anil ^a   Stewart, Peter ^a   Patterson, James ^a   Chapuis, Pierre ^a   Bokey, Elie ^a   Rickard, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Colon; Colorectal; Fistula plug; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM FISTULA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TAMPON; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952219413     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05278.x     Document Type: Article

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