Long-Term Outcomes of Surgery for Rectovaginal Fistula in 100 Consecutive Patients at a Tertiary Center

Fawaz Abo-Alhassan^{1

2}, Bertrand Trilling^{1

3}, Pierre-Yves Sage¹, Fatah Tidadini¹, Edouard Girard^{1

3}, Jean-Luc Faucheron^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, F-38000, Grenoble, France.
² Department of Surgery, Dijon University Hospital, F-21000, Dijon, France.
³ UMR 5525, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG, 38000, Grenoble, France.
⁴ Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, F-38000, Grenoble, France. JLFaucheron@chu-grenoble.fr.
⁵ UMR 5525, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG, 38000, Grenoble, France. JLFaucheron@chu-grenoble.fr.

Fawaz Abo-Alhassan et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;27(4):803-806.

doi: 10.1007/s11605-022-05490-y. Epub 2022 Oct 24.

Fawaz Abo-Alhassan^{1

2}, Bertrand Trilling^{1

3}, Pierre-Yves Sage¹, Fatah Tidadini¹, Edouard Girard^{1

3}, Jean-Luc Faucheron^{4

5}

¹ Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, F-38000, Grenoble, France.
² Department of Surgery, Dijon University Hospital, F-21000, Dijon, France.
³ UMR 5525, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG, 38000, Grenoble, France.
⁴ Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, F-38000, Grenoble, France. JLFaucheron@chu-grenoble.fr.
⁵ UMR 5525, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG, 38000, Grenoble, France. JLFaucheron@chu-grenoble.fr.

No abstract available

Keywords: Advancement flap; Coloanal anastomosis; Defunctioning stoma; Rectovaginal fistula; Surgery.

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