Trial reportAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2019
Fistulotomy with or without marsupialisation of wound edges in treatment of simple anal fistula: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Simple fistula-in-ano: is it all simple? A systematic review.Techniques in coloproctology · 2021Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of marsupialisation versus none in the treatment of simple fistula-in-ano.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Pooled it
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- Efficacy of different surgical treatments for management of anal fistula: a network meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2023Review
- Treating highly complex anal fistula with a new method of combined intraoperative endoanal ultrasonography (IOEAUS) and transanal opening of intersphincteric space (TROPIS).Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPromotion of healing of the anal wound after fistulotomy may help accelerate recovery and return to work. The present study aimed to assess the effect of marsupialisation of the edges of the laid open fistula track on wound healing after anal fistulotomy for simple anal fistula.
methodsThis was a prospective randomised trial on patients with simple anal fistula. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups; group I underwent anal fistulotomy and group II underwent anal fistulotomy and marsupialisation of the edges of the laid open track. Outcomes of the study were time to achieve complete wound healing, operation time, postoperative pain and complications.
resultsSixty patients of mean age of 40.8 years with simple anal fistula were randomly divided into two equal groups. No significant differences between the two groups regarding operation time (16.8 vs 18.4 minutes;
conclusionMarsupialisation of the edges of the laid open fistula track after fistulotomy resulted in quicker wound healing with similar complication and recurrence rates to lay open fistulotomy alone.
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