TY - JOUR AU - Waidyasekera, Ruvindu Hasamal AU - Jayarajah, Umesh AU - Samarasekera, Dharmabandhu Nandadeva PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04/16 TI - The role of routine flexible sigmoidoscopy in patients presenting with fistula-in-ano: an observational study JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 214 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Flexible sigmoidoscopy is useful to look for an underlying aetiology in fistula-in-ano. This study was aimed to assess the yield of routine flexible sigmoidoscopy in patients presenting with fistula-in-ano. A retrospective analysis of 159 consecutive patients with fistula-in-ano who underwent routine flexible sigmoidoscopy was performed. Sigmoidoscopy findings were recorded on a standard uniform format using a computer database. Those with a known aetiology were excluded. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05066-6 DO - 10.1186/s13104-020-05066-6 ID - Waidyasekera2020 ER -