Guidelines for the multidisciplinary management of Crohn's perianal fistulas: Summary statement

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 723-730

  Schwartz, David A ^a   Ghazi, Leyla J ^b   Regueiro, Miguel ^c   Fichera, Alessandro ^d   Zoccali, Marco ^e   Ong, Eugene M W ^f   Mortelé, Koenraad J ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; FIBRIN GLUE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ABSCESS; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CROHN DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS FLOOR; PERIANAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; PUBORECTALIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; PATIENT CARE; RECTAL FISTULA;

ALGORITHMS; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 84925399021     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000315     Document Type: Review

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