Mucosal advancement in the treatment of anal fistula
| Autor: | Gustavo Plasencia, Rene F. Hartmann, Pedro S. Aguilar, Thomas G. Hardy, William R. C. Stewart |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Male Anal fistula medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent business.industry Gastroenterology Anal Canal General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Asymptomatic Colorectal surgery Surgery Methods medicine Humans Rectal Fistula Female Anal fistulectomy Intestinal Mucosa medicine.symptom business Aged |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 28:496-498 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3706 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02554093 |
| Popis: | One hundred eighty-nine patients with anal fistula treated within an eight-month to seven-year period by anal fistulectomy and rectal mucosal advancement are presented. An 80 percent follow-up revealed a 90 percent asymptomatic group and a ten percent group who had minor symptoms. Eight percent of the symptomatic patients had minor soiling; 7 percent were incontinent for gas, and 6 percent were incontinent for loose stools. No patient was incontinent for solid feces. There was a 1.5 percent rate of recurrent anal fistula comparable to other techniques. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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