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Twenty-one patients with high transsphincteric fistulas treated by the seton technique were re-examined after two to 14 years. None had recurrent fistulas, but 13 (62 percent) had some degree of continence disturbances. All patients with anal deformities had continence disorders.
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Christensen, A., Nilas, L. & Christiansen, J. Treatment of transsphincteric anal fistulas by the seton technique. Dis Colon Rectum 29, 454–455 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02561583
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