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 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 …

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 …

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 …

BACKGROUND: The Parks classification has been used for the classification of anal fistula
for several years, but it does not allow for risk factors for failure after surgery. OBJECTIVE …

Anal fistulae can be a very difficult disease to manage. The management of complex fistulae
is even more challenging. The risk to the fecal continence mechanism due to damage to the …

Purpose To examine long-term recurrence and anal continence of patients with anal fistula
treated by fistulectomy and endorectal advancement flap repair. Method Retrospective …

It is over 10 years since the first ACPGBI Position Statement on the management of anal
fistula was published in 2007. This second edition is the result of scrutiny of the literature …

Fistula-in-ano is a common proctological condition that primarily affects younger people and
leads to chronic morbidity. An anal fistula is divided into simple and complex fistulas. A …

Aim The aim was to compare the effectiveness of the anal fistula plug (AFP) with the rectal
advancement flap (RAF) for complex cryptoglandular anal fistulas. Methods We conducted a …