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- Title
Would Surgeons Like to Be Submitted to Anal Fistulotomy? An International Web-Based Survey.
- Authors
Ratto, Carlo; Marra, Angelo Alessandro; Parello, Angelo; De Simone, Veronica; Campennì, Paola; Litta, Francesco
- Abstract
Traditional fistulotomy is the most performed surgical procedure in anal fistula surgery. We conducted an international online survey to explore colorectal surgeons' opinions and preferences on fistulotomy. Considering the healing and continence impairment rates reported in the literature, surgeons were invited to answer as a hypothetic patient susceptible to being submitted to fistulotomy for low and high anal fistula. A total of 767 surgeons completed the survey from 72 countries. The majority of respondents were consultants, having treated more than 20 anal fistulas in the last year. Most of them declared that anal fistula would be able to negatively affect quality of life and would be worried/anxious about it. Taking into account all aspects, 87.5% and 37.8% of respondents would agree to be treated with a fistulotomy in case of a low and high fistula, respectively, with an acceptance rate that varied worldwide. At multivariate analysis, factors correlated to the acceptance of anal fistulotomy were male gender (p = 0.003), practice of less than 20 fistula operations during last year (p = 0.020), and low fistula (p < 0.001). Surgeons recognized the extreme complexity of this approach. This study highlighted the necessity of an accurate patients' selection and the adoption of alternative strategy to reduce the risk of anal continence impairment.
- Subjects
ANAL fistula; INTERNET surveys; ANAL surgery; SURGEONS; OPERATIVE surgery
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 3, p825
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm12030825