Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Perianal fistula disease (PAD) occurs in up to 40% of patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Medical therapy is often unsuccessful, and, with surgical therapy, healing is unreliable and management is frequently painful and unsatisfactory. Outpatient CO(2) laser ablation of PAD has emerged as an alternative. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients were evaluated by chart review. The severity of PAD based on a 5 category scoring system was collected. Scores were recorded at the time of surgery and at each subsequent postoperative visit. RESULTS:Differences between PAF severity scores were significant for the initial operation versus postoperative visit 1 (P < .001) and for the initial operation versus the final visit (P < .001). Variation in the postoperative PAD score was affected by the score in the operating room and colonic involvement of CD. CONCLUSION:CO(2) laser ablation therapy successfully treats PAD; many fistulas are completely healed and others are converted into a single, minimally draining fistula with this well-tolerated outpatient procedure.
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Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Moy J,Bodzin Jdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.10.050subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-03-01 00:00:00pages
424-7issue
3eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(05)00930-Xjournal_volume
191pub_type
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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