Anorectal fistula

Known as: FISTULA, ANORECTAL, Anal fistula, anorectal fistulas

A pathologic tract that connects an opening in the anal canal to the perianal skin. In the vast majority of cases there is a history of perianal…

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2015

Throughout the centuries human beings have suffered fromanal ﬁstula.The history of medicine is full of reports about thetreatment…

2015

2015

Background: Fistula-in-ano forms a good majority of treatable benign lesions of the rectum and anal canal. 90% or so of these…

Review

2009

Review

2009

Efficient and accurate classification and assessment of anorectal fistula is a fundamental component of successful patient…

2009

physician, collected records and notes of hundreds of postmortem examinations that were performed by his contemporaries or…

2003

In most cases of anal fistulas external openings are located within 2.5 cm of the anal verge. It is rare for an anal fistula to…

1970

1957

Summary 1. A series of 24 patients with an ischiorectal anal fistula (ano-rectal fistula) were subjected to operation. 2. In…

1955

Fistulous tracts about the anus deep to the external sphincter muscle are often associated with such destruction in their…

1955