Salvage irrigation-suction in gracilis muscle repair of complex rectovaginal and rectourethral fistulas
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. in World Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 19 (39), 6625-6629
- https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i39.6625
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of gracilis muscle transposition and postoperative salvage irrigation-suction in the treatment of complex rectovaginal fistulas (RVFs) and rectourethral fistulas (RUFs).Keywords
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