Treatment of fistula-in-ano in infants with a seton.
Anal fistula in infants is a common disease. Although many are recovered by conventional treatment, there are some patients who are not repaired easily. We performed the seton method to an anal fistula and report the good result that we obtained.
Ikeda
Taro
T
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan. taroi@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
Inoue
Mikiya
M
Sugitou
Kiminobu
K
Hagiwara
Noritsugu
N
Koshinaga
Tsugumiti
T
Kusafuka
Takeshi
T
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011349:Proctitis / Q000150:complications; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing