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SUBMITTER: Saba RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4886575 | biostudies-other | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Saba Reza Bagherzadeh RB Tizmaghz Adnan A Ajeka Somar S Karami Mehdi M
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Recurrent and complex high fistulas remain a surgical challenge. This paper reports our experience with the anal fistula plug in patients with complex fistulas.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were collected prospectively and analyzed from consecutive patients undergoing insertion of a fistula plug from January 2011 through April 2014 at Hazrat-e-Rasoul Hospital in Tehran. We ensured that sepsis had been eradicated in all patients prior to placement of the plug. During surgery, a conica ...[more]