A prospective evaluation of the ligation of the intersphincteric tract procedure for complex anal fistula in patients with crohn's disease

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1057-1061

  Gingold, Daniel S ^a   Murrell, Zuri A ^a   Fleshner, Phillip R ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Crohn's disease; Fistula repair; LIFT procedure; Perianal disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; DISEASE DURATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSPHINCTERIC FISTULA TRACT LIGATION; LIGATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEXNER SCORE; WOUND HEALING; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANAL CANAL; COMPLICATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RECTAL FISTULA; SURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL FISTULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84916929452     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000479     Document Type: Article

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