title: Treatment of transsphincteric anal fistulas by the seton technique.
abstract: Twenty-one patients with high transsphincteric fistulas treated by the seton technique were re-examined after two to 14 years. None had recurrent fistulas, but 13 (62 percent) had some degree of continence disturbances. All patients with anal deformities had continence disorders.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000503:physiopathology; D003250:Constriction / Q000379:methods; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012007:Rectum / Q000503:physiopathology