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Is the Quality of Life of Patients with Fistulizing Perianal Crohn’ s Disease Impaired by the Presence of Chronic Loose, Non-cutting Seton?

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  1. Second Surgical Department, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Antonios Gklavas, Ira Sotirova, Margarita Karageorgou, Theodoros Kozonis, Aikaterini Poulaki & Ioannis Papaconstantinou

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AG and IP contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by AG, IS, MK, TK, AP, and IP. The first draft of the manuscript was written by AG, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. The authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ethical approval was obtained from Aretaieion hospital’s research and ethics committee. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.

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Gklavas, A., Sotirova, I., Karageorgou, M. et al. Is the Quality of Life of Patients with Fistulizing Perianal Crohn’ s Disease Impaired by the Presence of Chronic Loose, Non-cutting Seton?. J Gastrointest Surg 25, 2686–2689 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-021-04987-2

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