A systematic review on advancement flaps for rectovaginal fistula in Crohn's disease: Transrectal vs transvaginal approach

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1183-1191

  Ruffolo, C ^a   Scarpa, M ^c   Bassi, N ^a   Angriman, I ^b  

^a Regional Hospital C Foncello   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Rectal advancement flap; Rectovaginal fistula; Vaginal advancement flap

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSRECTAL ADVANCEMENT FLAP; TRANSVAGINAL ADVANCEMENT FLAP;

CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 78349273094     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.02029.x     Document Type: Review

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