title: [Application and development of suture-dragging therapy for anal fistula].
abstract: Traditional Chinese surgical treatment "suture-dragging" therapy is based on medical thread therapy and tight seton drainage in combination of minimal invasive surgical principle. It can preserve the integrity of anal sphincter musculature involved in fistulous tract or abscess and maintain anal function. This article not only describes in detail about the operation points and mechanisms of "suture-dragging" therapy of anorectal fistula, but also reviews the application and modification of anorectal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anorectal Surgery, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China. wangchen_longhua@163.com.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yibo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Qingjun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xiutian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jingen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D012003:Rectal Fistula; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures