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Clinical Evaluation and Classification of Anal Fistula

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Our understanding of fistula is credited to surgeons at St. Mark’s hospital.

“Nowadays, the clinical history too often weighs more than a man.”

Martin H. Fischer

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Gupta, K. (2022). Clinical Evaluation and Classification of Anal Fistula. In: Lasers in Proctology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5825-0_12

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