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Canada
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on anorectal disease (2021)
●ASCRS: Clinical practice guideline for ambulatory anorectal surgery (2015)
●ASCRS: Practice parameters for the management of perianal abscess and fistula-in-ano (2011)
Europe
United Kingdom
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance for endoscopic ablation for an anal fistula (2019)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on collagen paste for closing an anal fistula (2019)
Japan
●[In English] Japan Society of Coloproctology (JSCP): Japanese practice guidelines for anal disorders – II. Anal fistula (2018)