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Modified Plug Repair with Limited Sphincter Sparing Fistulectomy in the Treatment of Complex Anal Fistulas

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Title
Modified Plug Repair with Limited Sphincter Sparing Fistulectomy in the Treatment of Complex Anal Fistulas
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Frontiers in Surgery, May 2014
DOI 10.3389/fsurg.2014.00017
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Ferdinand Köckerling, Thomas von Rosen, Dietmar Jacob

Abstract

New technical approaches involving biologically derived products have been used to treat complex anal fistulas in order to avoid the risk of fecal incontinence. The least invasive methods involve filling out the fistula tract with fibrin glue or introduction of an anal fistula plug into the fistula canal following thorough curettage. A review shows that the new techniques involving biologically derived products do not confer any significant advantages. Therefore, the question inevitably arises as to whether the combination of a partial or limited fistulectomy, i.e., of the extrasphincteric portion of the fistula, and preservation of the sphincter muscle by repairing the section of the complex anal fistula running through the sphincter muscle and filling it with a fistula plug produces better results.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 11 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 3 27%
Researcher 3 27%
Student > Master 2 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 9%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 73%
Chemistry 1 9%
Engineering 1 9%
Unknown 1 9%
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#18,372,841
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Outputs from Frontiers in Surgery
#911
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#163,146
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Surgery
#7
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