title: Treatment of fistula-in-ano in infants with a seton.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan. taroi@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Mikiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kiminobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugitou
authors.forename: Noritsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: Tsugumiti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshinaga
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusafuka
mesh_terms: 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