The anal fistula plug treatment compared with the mucosal advancement flap for cryptoglandular high transsphincteric perianal fistula: A double-blinded multicenter randomized trial

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-393

  Van Koperen, Paul J ^a   Bemelman, Willem A ^a   Gerhards, Michael F ^b   Janssen, Lucas W M ^c   Van Tets, Willem F ^d   Van Dalsen, Annette D ^e   Slors, J Frederik M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^e ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal fistula plug; Anorectal fistula; Continence; Quality of life; Transsphincteric fistula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANAL FISTULA PLUG; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUCOSAL ADVANCEMENT FLAP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIANAL ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL RISK; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956093012     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e318206043e     Document Type: Article

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