Are there predictors of outcome following rectovaginal fistula repair?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1240-1247

  Pinto, Rodrigo A ^a   Peterson, Thais V ^a   Shawki, Sherief ^a   Davila, G Willy ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Mucosal ulcerative colitis; Rectovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVERTICULITIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; PNEUMONIA; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STOMA; SURGICAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADULT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956634069     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181e536cb     Document Type: Article

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