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Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of complex anal fistula
Techniques in Coloproctology, 2017Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new procedure for the treatment of anal fistula. This preliminary study was designed to investigate the safety and effectiveness of this new technique in the treatment of anal fistula.Ten patients were treated with PDT. Intralesional 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) 2% was directly injected into the fistula.
A, Arroyo +8 more
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2009
Complex fistula-in-ano is a frequent source of concern for both patients and surgeons because of its high rate of recurrence and potential for postoperative anal incontinence. There remains a balance between total sphincter-preserving surgery that may result in a high rate of fecal continence and the more radical approaches.
Avraham Belizon, Eric G. Weiss
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Complex fistula-in-ano is a frequent source of concern for both patients and surgeons because of its high rate of recurrence and potential for postoperative anal incontinence. There remains a balance between total sphincter-preserving surgery that may result in a high rate of fecal continence and the more radical approaches.
Avraham Belizon, Eric G. Weiss
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International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 2010
This prospective, two-centre study was designed to evaluate long-term outcomes when using a collagen plug to treat cryptoglandular anal fistulae.Over 3 years, 60 consecutive patients with cryptoglandular fistulae were treated using an anal fistula plug by experienced surgeons. Preoperative, postoperative and follow-up data were collected in a dedicated
Leonardo, Lenisa +7 more
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This prospective, two-centre study was designed to evaluate long-term outcomes when using a collagen plug to treat cryptoglandular anal fistulae.Over 3 years, 60 consecutive patients with cryptoglandular fistulae were treated using an anal fistula plug by experienced surgeons. Preoperative, postoperative and follow-up data were collected in a dedicated
Leonardo, Lenisa +7 more
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Treatments for the amelioration of persistent factors in complex anal fistula
Biotechnology Letters, 2021Anal fistulae are abnormal hollow connections between the wall of the anal canal and the perianal skin around the anus that have remained a burden on the medical sector for centuries. The complexity of this disease is attributed to a number of factors such as the degree of associated sphincter muscle, concomitant illnesses, existence of multiple ...
Daniel P. Fitzpatrick +4 more
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Effectiveness of infliximab treatment of complex idiopathic anal fistulas
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021To investigate the effects of infliximab treatment in patients with complex idiopathic anal fistulas refractory to standard surgical treatment.We retrospectively evaluated the effects ofinfliximab treatmentin patients with complex idiopathic anal fistulas refractory to standard surgical intervention.
Dige, Anders +7 more
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How to deal with complex anal fistula in an immunosuppressed patient
ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2020We describe a practical approach to the management of complex anal fistula in an immunocompromised patient. We define our treatment motifs: to close the internal opening, maintain external drainage until internal opening and tract healed; minimize sphincter damage.
Marie S. De Robles, Robert D. R. Winn
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Complex anal fistulas: plug or flap?
ANZ journal of surgery, 2012Rectal mucosal advancement flaps (RMAF) and fistula plugs (FP) are techniques used to manage complex anal fistulas. The purpose of this study was to review and compare the results of these methods of repair.A retrospective review of all complex anal fistulas treated by either a RMAF or a FP at Auckland City Hospital from 2004 to 2008.
Mark D, Muhlmann +4 more
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Current problems and countermeasures in treatment of complex anal fistula
Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine, 2009The high recurrent rate and insufficient protection of anal function in treatment of anal fistula were reviewed in this article. To solve the problems in the treatment of complex fistula-in-ano including ignorance of preoperative assessment and lack of consciousness of preserving anal function, the authors raised the countermeasures to carry out the ...
Ping, Zhu, Yun-Fei, Gu, Bo-Lin, Yang
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Complex anal fistula surgery: personal experience.
Chirurgia italiana, 2004Personal experience with the treatment cryptogenic complex anal fistulas over the 10-year period from 1993 to 2002 is reported. Such fistulas accounted for 54 out of 255 fistulas observed (21.1%). Accurate anatomo-pathological classification, based on the connections between the fistulas and the sphincter and the musculature of the pelvic floor, is ...
PAGANO G +7 more
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Reoperation in Recurrent Complex Anal Fistula
2012This chapter discusses the range of surgical options now available for the management of patients with recurrent fistulae-in-ano. The management of these patients has become its own super-specialty in which the colorectal surgeon needs to understand the array of imaging modalities available to achieve a successful result.
David D. E. Zimmerman +2 more
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