Evaluating the efficacy of multi-incision and tube-dragging therapy combined with laser closure for high horseshoe-shaped anal fistula: Protocol of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

• Min Yang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MY, ZM and QW are contributed equally as co-first authors. ZM, YH and DZ are contributed equally as co-corresponding authors.

  Affiliation Department of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5263-2506

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• Zubing Mei ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: herrmayor@126.com (ZM); 18017752552@163.com (YH); zd1232@sina.com (DZ)

  ¶‡ MY, ZM and QW are contributed equally as co-first authors. ZM, YH and DZ are contributed equally as co-corresponding authors.

  Affiliations Department of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, Anorectal Disease Institute of Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-7205

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• Qingming Wang ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MY, ZM and QW are contributed equally as co-first authors. ZM, YH and DZ are contributed equally as co-corresponding authors.

  Affiliation Department of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• Ye Han ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation

  * E-mail: herrmayor@126.com (ZM); 18017752552@163.com (YH); zd1232@sina.com (DZ)

  ¶‡ MY, ZM and QW are contributed equally as co-first authors. ZM, YH and DZ are contributed equally as co-corresponding authors.

  Affiliation Department of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• De Zheng

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: herrmayor@126.com (ZM); 18017752552@163.com (YH); zd1232@sina.com (DZ)

  ¶‡ MY, ZM and QW are contributed equally as co-first authors. ZM, YH and DZ are contributed equally as co-corresponding authors.

  Affiliations Department of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, Anorectal Disease Institute of Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai, China

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