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A 25-year-old smoker with a history of Crohn’s disease and morbid obesity underwent emergent abscess drainage and seton placement 6 months ago. The patient is being treated with biologics. On physical examination of the perianal area, a right posterolateral high transphincteric fistula is seen with a seton and normal anoscopy findings. Which of the following options would you recommend?
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