Fibrin glue for the treatment of fistulae in ano - a method worth sticking to?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-366

  Yeung, J M C ^a   Simpson, J A D ^b   Tang, S W ^b   Armitage, N C ^b   Maxwell Armstrong, C ^b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrin glue; Fistulae in ano; Follow up period

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS PRURITUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PERIANAL DISCHARGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; TISSUE ADHESIVES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954377443     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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