title: [Our experience with the treatment of high perianal fistulas with the mucosal flap advancement technique].
abstract: The authors present their experience with the treatment of high transphincteric anal fistulas with the mucosal flap advancement technique. This technique, though by no means easy to perform, allows fistulas to be treated in a single surgical session in comparison to the technique in which setone is used or to the less well known transposition techniques, given the same long-term results in terms of continence and recurrence rate. After a brief overview of the problem, from the points of view of both aetiopathogenesis and classification, the principal surgical treatment techniques are described, presenting the results and complications observed in the authors' own case series.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale e d'Urgenza, Ospedale Civile di Velletri.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gasparrini
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romanzi
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ottaviani
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nasi
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pasquini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps