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Failure in the treatment of fistula-in-ano with aureomycin

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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A new treatment for fistula-in-ano was tried in a case complicated by ulcerative colitis and in an uncomplicated case. A 250 milligram capsule of aureomycin was perforated at both ends and inserted into the rectum each night. The fistulae showed signs of healing in both cases, but later recurred.

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  • Hiller, Robert I.: The Anal Sphincter And The Pathogenosis Of Anal Fissure And Fistula. Surg., Gynec. Obst., 52: 921, 1931.

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    Robert I. Hiller

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Hiller, R.I. Failure in the treatment of fistula-in-ano with aureomycin. Amer. Jour. Dig. Dis. 19, 147 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02893205

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