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ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022

Risk factors for therapy failure after surgery for perianal abscess in children.

Johannes Doerner, Rose Seiberth, Sakhavat Jafarov, Hubert Zirngibl, Lars Boenicke

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Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Predictors of Recurrence in Pediatric Perianal Abscess and Fistula-In-Ano: Insights From a 5-Year Surgical Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Johannes DoernerDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany.
Rose SeiberthDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany.
Sakhavat JafarovDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany.
Hubert ZirngiblDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany.
Lars BoenickeDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany.
Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The role of surgery in managing perianal abscesses in the pediatric population is debatable, and data on recurrence risk is rare. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of surgery for a perianal abscess in children and identify parameters that predict recurrence. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all children younger than age 14 requiring surgery for a perianal abscess from 2000 to 2018. Results: Out of 103 enrolled patients, 27 (26%) had recurrent perianal disease. Recurrences appeared after a median of 5 months (range: 1-18 months), in 12 cases as perianal abscess and 15 cases as fistula Conclusion: Our study identified probing for fistula as a predictor of therapy success, while the history of perianal abscess was identified as a predictor of treatment failure. Therefore, in all children with perianal abscess, fistula probing and if present, fistulotomy should be performed.

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anal fistulachildrenpediatric proctologyperianal abscessrecurrencesurgery

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PMID36589625
PMCPMC9797814
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