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Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings

Anorectal malformations remain a challenging topic in pediatric surgery, known since antiquity. In our paper we expose the main descriptions and therapeutic approaches of imperforate anus and perianal fistula through the works of the ancient Greek and Byzantine physicians.

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Autores principales: Tsoucalas, Gregory, Gentimi, Fotini, Kousoulis, Antonis A., Karamanou, Marianna, Androutsos, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714197
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author Tsoucalas, Gregory
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spelling pubmed-39593802014-04-07 Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings Tsoucalas, Gregory Gentimi, Fotini Kousoulis, Antonis A. Karamanou, Marianna Androutsos, George Ann Gastroenterol History in Gastroenterology Anorectal malformations remain a challenging topic in pediatric surgery, known since antiquity. In our paper we expose the main descriptions and therapeutic approaches of imperforate anus and perianal fistula through the works of the ancient Greek and Byzantine physicians. Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3959380/ /pubmed/24714197 Text en Copyright: © Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tsoucalas, Gregory
Gentimi, Fotini
Kousoulis, Antonis A.
Karamanou, Marianna
Androutsos, George
Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings
title Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings
title_full Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings
title_fullStr Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings
title_full_unstemmed Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings
title_short Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings
title_sort imperforate anus and perianal fistula in ancient greek medical writings
topic History in Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714197
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