Does ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract raise the bar in fistula surgery?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1173-1178

  Wallin, Ulrik G ^a   Mellgren, Anders F ^a   Madoff, Robert D ^a   Goldberg, Stanley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fistula in ano; LIFT procedure; Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract; Transsphincteric fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERSPHINCTERIC FISTULA TRACT PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEXNER INCONTINENCE SCORE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868554785     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e318266edf3     Document Type: Article

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