Abstract
One hundred eighty-nine patients with anal fistula treated within an eight-month to seven-year period by anal fistulectomy and rectal mucosal advancement are presented. An 80 percent follow-up revealed a 90 percent asymptomatic group and a ten percent group who had minor symptoms. Eight percent of the symptomatic patients had minor soiling; 7 percent were incontinent for gas, and 6 percent were incontinent for loose stools. No patient was incontinent for solid feces. There was a 1.5 percent rate of recurrent anal fistula comparable to other techniques.
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Aguilar, P.S., Plasencia, G., Hardy, T.G. et al. Mucosal advancement in the treatment of anal fistula. Dis Colon Rectum 28, 496–498 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554093
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554093