Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT) to treat anal fistula: Early results from a prospective observational study

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 413-416

  Sileri, P ^a   Franceschilli, L ^a   Angelucci, G P ^a   D'Ugo, S ^a   Milito, G ^a   Cadeddu, F ^a   Selvaggio, I ^a   Lazzaro, S ^a   Gaspari, A L ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex anal fistula; Incontinence; LIFT; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS PAIN; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDAL THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERSPHINCTERIC FISTULA TRACT LIGATION; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VAGINA MYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROCTOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855201674     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-011-0779-0     Document Type: Article

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