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ArticleCase reports in surgery2024

Complex Anterior Supralevator Anal Fistula With Prostatic Abscess Treated With Ksharasutra: A Case Report.

Punchoor Ramesh Bhat, Vipin T A

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Article in Case reports in surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Anoscrotal fistulas: causes and management in a 10-year French case series.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Punchoor Ramesh BhatAcharya Sushrutha Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, ITI Layout, Bengaluru 560056, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-8166
Vipin T AAcharya Sushrutha Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, ITI Layout, Bengaluru 560056, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7380-469X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anorectal diseases are a major health threat in the field of health sciences. Fistula-in-ano is one of the treatable complex benign lesions of the rectum and anal canal. Complex high anal fistulas can reoccur even after surgical treatment. Establishing a cure for cryptoglandular fistula-in-ano is problematic, as a significant percentage of these diseases persist or recur if the internal opening of the anal fistula is left untreated. Here, we report a case of complex left anterolateral supralevator anal fistula with communication to the prostate gland that forms a prostatic abscess, as it is very rare. After following

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