Anal function after ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 898-902

  Tsunoda, Akira ^a   Sada, Haruki ^a   Sugimoto, Takuya ^a   Nagata, Hiroshi ^a   Kano, Nobuyasu ^a  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fistula in ano; Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract procedure; Manometric study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879175406     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31828d2e29     Document Type: Article

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