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Fistula in ano: the place of rectal advancement flap technique
1Department of Digestive Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium. jvdstadt@ulb.ac.be
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|March 31, 2001
Abstract:
Classical surgical techniques for anal trans- or suprasphincteric fistulas imply the division of the sphincters likely to induce postoperative continence impairment. The rectal advancement flap technique achieves healing of the fistula in a significant number of patients, while avoiding any sphincter division, and therefore the development of further incontinence.