Imperial College London

ProfessorRobinPhillips

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Surgery & Cancer

Emeritus Professor of Colorectal Surgery
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)1923 827 988robin.phillips

 
 
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Location

 

St Marks HospitalNorthwick Park and St Marks Site

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Sahnan:2017:10.1136/bmj.j475,
author = {Sahnan, K and Adegbola, SO and Tozer, PJ and Watfah, J and Phillips, RK},
doi = {10.1136/bmj.j475},
journal = {BMJ},
title = {Perianal abscess},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j475},
volume = {356},
year = {2017}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - The annual incidence of perianal abscess is estimated between 14 000 and 20 000 people in the UK, resulting in about 12 500 operations in the NHS each year.1 A recent Swedish cohort study estimated the incidence at 16.1 per 100 000.2 The true incidence may be higher, since many patients are treated with antibiotics in the community and some abscesses spontaneously regress or discharge.23 Patients usually present with an erythematous swelling near the anus and may be embarrassed or reluctant to seek treatment. They may present to a non-specialist in the first instance. This article provides information on the causes and different types of perianal abscess and an update on how they are best managed.
AU - Sahnan,K
AU - Adegbola,SO
AU - Tozer,PJ
AU - Watfah,J
AU - Phillips,RK
DO - 10.1136/bmj.j475
PY - 2017///
SN - 0959-8138
TI - Perianal abscess
T2 - BMJ
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j475
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28223268
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/45736
VL - 356
ER -