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Does Infliximab Infusion Impact Results of Operative Treatment for Crohn's Perianal Fistulas?

Wolfgang B. Gaertner, Alejandra Decanini, Anders Mellgren, Ann C. Lowry, Stanley M. Goldberg, Robert D. Madoff, Michael P. Spencer

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 2007 · 110 citations · 42 references

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Abstract

Operative treatment of perianal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease resulted in complete healing in approximately 60 percent of patients. Preoperative infliximab infusion did not affect overall healing rates.

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Daniel H. Present, Paul Rutgeerts, Stephan Targan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1999 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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A classification of fistula-in-ano

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