TY - JOUR
T1 - Argentum-quarz solution in the treatment of anorectal fistulas: Is it possible a conservative approach?
AU - Tomasello, Giovanni
AU - Damiani, Francesco
AU - Damiano, Giuseppe
AU - Lo Monte, Attilio Ignazio
AU - Palumbo, Vincenzo Davide
AU - Fiorentini, Tiziana
AU - Damiano, Giuseppe
AU - Damiani, Provvidenza
AU - Spinelli, Gabriele
AU - Puleio, Robero
AU - Fiorentini, Tiziana
AU - Ficarella, Silvia
AU - Bruno, Antonio
AU - Tomasello, Giovanni
AU - Damiani, Francesco
AU - Lo Monte, Attilio Ignazio
AU - Palumbo, Vincenzo Davide
AU - Spinelli, Gabriele
AU - Bellavia, Maurizio
AU - Ficarella, Silvia
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Patients suffering from chronic intestinal diseases (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Indeterminate Colitis) are prone to the development of pyogenic complications. These complications are most commonly in the form of perianal or intraabdominal abscesses and/or fistulas. The treatment of these complications are managed differently but, after an initial treatment based on medical or minimally invasive management, the solution of the pathological condition is always achieved by a surgical procedure. In the last few years prospective studies have proposed an alternative conservative therapeutic approach based on application of fibrin glue in the healing of patients with fistulas-in-ano. In this paper we suggest and discuss the therapeutic potential of silver and quarz in the conservative treatment of anorectal fistulas pointing out their role in modulating particular steps of the pathogenetic process which characterizes this pathological condition.
AB - Patients suffering from chronic intestinal diseases (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Indeterminate Colitis) are prone to the development of pyogenic complications. These complications are most commonly in the form of perianal or intraabdominal abscesses and/or fistulas. The treatment of these complications are managed differently but, after an initial treatment based on medical or minimally invasive management, the solution of the pathological condition is always achieved by a surgical procedure. In the last few years prospective studies have proposed an alternative conservative therapeutic approach based on application of fibrin glue in the healing of patients with fistulas-in-ano. In this paper we suggest and discuss the therapeutic potential of silver and quarz in the conservative treatment of anorectal fistulas pointing out their role in modulating particular steps of the pathogenetic process which characterizes this pathological condition.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/71105
M3 - Article
VL - 79
SP - 542
EP - 543
JO - Medical Hypotheses
JF - Medical Hypotheses
SN - 0306-9877
ER -