Purpose Cryptoglandular anal fistula continues to be a subject of extensive surgical
research due to the lack of effective and enduring treatments, some of which incur risks to …

Background Treatment for cryptoglandular anal fistula (AF) is challenging and a lack of
uniform outcomes in the literature prevents direct comparison of treatments. This can be …

Objective: To develop a cryptoglandular Anal Fistula Core Outcome Set: a minimum set of
outcomes that should be measured in all studies of cryptoglandular anal fistula treatment …

Purpose Cryptoglandular anal fistula is a disorder with an incidence of around 1 per 5,000
people per year in European countries. Many studies have been conducted to evaluate the …

Introduction Anal fistula affects people of working age. Symptoms include abscess, pain,
discharge of pus and blood. Treatment of this benign disease can affect faecal continence …

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Background Anal incontinence is a known complication following operative treatment of
fistula-in-ano which can significantly impact the quality of life. This study was aimed to …

Background Video-assisted anal fistula treatment (VAAFT) may have a recurrence rate
comparable to that of fistulectomy and sphincter repair (FSR) in the treatment of high anal …

Aim The primary aim of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) Guideline
Development Group (GDG) was to produce high‐quality, evidence‐based guidelines for the …

Background: Cryptoglandular anal fistulae can significantly affect patient quality of life (QoL),
making it essential to ensure that any study of fistula treatment assesses the impact on QoL …