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Management of Complex Cryptoglandular Anal Fistula: Challenges and Solutions

Pankaj Garg1 Department of Colorectal Surgery, Garg Fistula Research Institute, Panchkula, Haryana, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sohail Singh Sodhi2 Department of General Surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaView further author information
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Navdeep Garg3 Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, IndiaView further author information
Pages 555-567 | Published online: 11 Nov 2020

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Pankaj Garg, Baljit Kaur, Konica Singla, Geetha R Menon & Vipul D Yagnik. (2021) A Simple Protocol to Effectively Manage Anal Fistulas with No Obvious Internal Opening. Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology 14, pages 33-44.
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Zubing Mei, Zhijun Zhang, Ye Han, Peixin Du, Wei Yang, Qingming Wang & De Zheng. (2023) Surgical laser therapy for cryptoglandular anal fistula: Protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 18:1, pages e0279388.
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Francesco Litta, Andrea Papait, Donatella Lucchetti, Serafina Farigu, Angelo Parello, Claudio Ricciardi Tenore, Paola Campennì, Antonietta Rosa Silini, Maria Cristina Giustiniani, Ornella Parolini, Alessandro Sgambato & Carlo Ratto. (2022) The pathogenesis of cryptoglandular anal fistula: New insight into the immunological profile. Colorectal Disease 24:12, pages 1567-1575.
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Kevin Chin Koon Siw, Jake Engel, Samantha Visva, Ranjeeta Mallick, Ailsa Hart, Anthony de Buck van Overstraeten & Jeffrey D McCurdy. (2022) Strategies to Distinguish Perianal Fistulas Related to Crohn’s Disease From Cryptoglandular Disease: Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 28:9, pages 1363-1374.
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Chen Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xiaoqi Zhao, Yongtao Zhu, Dingding Zhang & Hexia Li. (2022) The Value of Transrectal Ultrasound in the Preoperative Diagnosis of Complex Anal Fistula (CAF): Based on a Retrospective Cohort Study. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine 2022, pages 1-11.
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Pankaj Garg. (2022) Comparison between recent sphincter-sparing procedures for complex anal fistulas-ligation of intersphincteric tract vs transanal opening of intersphincteric space . World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 14:5, pages 374-382.
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Ahmed Hossam Elfallal, Mohammad Fathy, Samy Abbas Elbaz & Sameh Hany Emile. (2022) Comprehensive literature review of the applications of surgical laser in benign anal conditions. Lasers in Medical Science 37:7, pages 2775-2789.
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Mat Hinksman, Sanjeev Naidu, Kenneth Loon & Joshua Grundy. (2022) Long term efficacy of Video‐Assisted Anal Fistula Treatment ( VAAFT ) for complex fistula‐in‐ano: a single‐centre Australian experience . ANZ Journal of Surgery 92:5, pages 1132-1136.
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Pankaj Garg, Vipul D Yagnik, Sushil Dawka, Baljit Kaur & Geetha R Menon. (2022) Guidelines to diagnose and treat peri-levator high-5 anal fistulas: Supralevator, suprasphincteric, extrasphincteric, high outersphincteric, and high intrarectal fistulas. World Journal of Gastroenterology 28:16, pages 1608-1624.
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Hua Huang, Lijiang Ji, Yunfei Gu, Youran Li & Shanshan Xu. (2022) Efficacy and Safety of Sphincter-Preserving Surgery in the Treatment of Complex Anal Fistula: A Network Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Surgery 9.
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Pankaj Garg, Baljit Kaur, Vipul D Yagnik, Sushil Dawka & Geetha R Menon. (2021) Guidelines on postoperative magnetic resonance imaging in patients operated for cryptoglandular anal fistula: Experience from 2404 scans. World Journal of Gastroenterology 27:33, pages 5460-5473.
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Pankaj Garg, Vipul D. Yagnik, Baljit Kaur, Geetha R. Menon & Sushil Dawka. (2021) Role of MRI to confirm healing in complex high cryptoglandular anal fistulas: long‐term follow‐up of 151 cases. Colorectal Disease 23:9, pages 2447-2455.
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Pankaj Garg & Baljit Kaur. (2021) The new pathways of spread of anal fistula and the pivotal role of MRI in discovering them. Abdominal Radiology 46:8, pages 3810-3814.
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Lingling Han, Yue Chen, Weidong Cheng, He Bai, Jian Wang & Miaozhi Yu. (2021) Deep Learning-Based CT Image Characteristics and Postoperative Anal Function Restoration for Patients with Complex Anal Fistula. Journal of Healthcare Engineering 2021, pages 1-8.
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Pankaj Garg, Baljit Kaur, Ankita Goyal, Vipul D Yagnik, Sushil Dawka & Geetha R Menon. (2021) Lessons learned from an audit of 1250 anal fistula patients operated at a single center: A retrospective review. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 13:4, pages 340-354.
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