Healing of the perineal wound after proctectomy for nonmalignant conditions
โ Scribed by Evert-Jan C. Lubbers
- Book ID
- 112779552
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 491 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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Abstract The rate of perineal wound healing was assessed in a series of 112 patients undergoing proctectomy for Crohn's colitis. Healing was impaired in patients with a high fistula-in-ano or a rectovaginal fistula pre-operatively, faecal contamination and postoperative perineal sepsis. Early healin
## Summary The rate of wound healing after proctectomy was assessed in a series of 105 patients. Early healing was dependent principally on the primary diagnosis, to a lesser extent on faecal contamination and was not related to steroid administration. Early healing (within 3 months) occurred in 72