BACKGROUND Fistula-in-ano is a problematic perianal disease for physicians and patients because of its occasional difficulty in management. Due to the different types of fistulas seen in patients, careful approach is necessary to correctly choose from among the various surgical techniques. One surgical method for complex fistula is the endorectal advancement flap which has been frequently perfo...

INTRODUCTION Closing the pelvic peritoneum to prevent the small bowel dropping into the pelvis after surgery for locally recurrent rectal cancer is important to prevent adhesions deep in the pelvis or complications of adjuvant radiotherapy. Achieving this could be difficult because sufficient native tissue is unavailable; we report on the use of small intestine submucosa extra-cellular matrix m...

UNLABELLED The "best" surgical technique for the management of complete rectal prolapse remains unknown. Due to its low incidence, it is very difficult to achieve a representative number of cases, and there are no large prospective randomized trials to attest to the superiority of one operation over another. PURPOSE Analyze the results of surgical treatment of complete rectal prolapse during ...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the age -related improvement of defecation function in high type anorectal malformation in relation to the assessment of the internal anal sphincter. the function of defecation was studied every 5 years up to 15 years postoperatively according to the japanese scoring system in our hospital in 50 patients operated for high type (recto-urethral fistula)...

BACKGROUND Despite measures taken to control traditional risk factors like increased rectal disease activity, anorectal stenosis, and, to a lesser extent, obesity, rates of poor outcomes after rectovaginal fistula (RVF) surgery in women with Crohn's disease (CD) are still high and require further elucidation. To bridge the gap, we sought to identify risk factors beyond the aforementioned determ...

Endorectal ultrasonography (ERUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allow exploring the morphology of the rectum in detail. Use of such data, especially assessment of the rectal wall, is an important tool for ascertaining the perianal fistula localization as well as stage of the cancer and planning it appropriate treatment, as stage T3 tumors are usually treated with neoadjuvant therapy, whe...

BACKGROUND Enteric-type glandular lesions are extremely rare in the vagina. Their histological origin remains a matter of speculation at present. METHOD We review two rectal mucosal prolapse-like polyps and one intestinal-type adenosis in the vagina. RESULTS Case 1, a 64-year-old woman, presented with a vaginal polypoid lesion with a size of 4 × 3 × 3 cm. Case 2, an 8-year-old girl, had a 1...