Tract length predicts successful closure with anal fistula plug in cryptoglandular fistulas

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1116-1120

  McGee, Michael F ^a   Champagne, Bradley J ^a   Stulberg, Jonah J ^a,b   Reynolds, Harry ^a   Marderstein, Eric ^a   Delaney, Conor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Operative therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS FISTULA PLUG; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOGLANDULAR FISTULA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TRANSSPHINCTERIC CRYPTOGLANDULAR FISTULA REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECTUM FISTULA; SURGICAL TAMPON; SUTURING METHOD; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956221207     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181d972a9     Document Type: Article

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