Managing fistula-in-ano with ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract procedure: The Western Hospital experience

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 599-603

  Ooi, K ^a   Skinner, I ^a   Croxford, M ^a   Faragher, I ^a   McLaughlin, S ^a  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fistula in ano; Incontinence rates; Intersphincteric plane; Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract procedure; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSPHINCTERIC FISTULA TRACT LIGATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859230992     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02723.x     Document Type: Article

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