Outcomes after operations for anal fistula: results of a prospective, multicenter, regional study.

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Published in Dis Colon Rectum on November 01, 2014

Authors

Jason F Hall1, Liliana Bordeianou, Neil Hyman, Thomas Read, Christine Bartus, David Schoetz, Peter W Marcello

Author Affiliations

1: 1Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts 2Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 3Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 4Department of Surgery, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, Farmington, Connecticut.

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