Video-assisted anal fistula treatment (VAAFT) combined with advancement flap repair in Crohn's disease

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-225

  Schwandner, O ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS BARMHERZIGE BRÜDER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advancement flap repair; Anal fistula; Crohn's disease; VAAFT

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB;

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ADULT; ADVANCEMENT FLAP REPAIR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLEVELAND CLINIC INCONTINENCE SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON LAVAGE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULOSCOPE; FISTULOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROCTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM RESECTION; RECTUM SURGERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEO ASSISTED ANAL FISTULA TREATMENT; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; RECTUM FISTULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 84884186752     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-012-0921-7     Document Type: Article

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