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Results of the Gore Bio-A fistula plug implantation in the treatment of anal fistula: a multicentre study

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Abstract

Background

The aim of this prospective study was to determine the efficiency of the Gore Bio-A synthetic plug in the treatment of anal fistulas.

Methods

A synthetic bioabsorbable anal fistula plug was implanted in 60 patients. All fistulas were transsphincteric and cryptoglandular in origin.

Results

The healing rate after 1 year of follow-up was 52 % (31 out of 60 patients). No patient was lost to follow-up. The treatment had no effect on the incontinence score. The plug dislodgement rate was 10 % (6 out of 60 patients). Thirty-four per cent of the patients (16 out of 47) required reoperation. The average operating time was 32 ± 10.2 min, and the average length of hospital stay was 3.3 ± 1.8 days.

Conclusions

Synthetic plugs may be an alternative to bioprosthetic fistula plugs in the treatment of transsphincteric anal fistulas. This method might have better success rates than treatment with bioprosthetic fistula plugs.

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Acknowledgments

All plugs were supplied by W.L. Gore Corporation. We wish to acknowledge all participating centres: End- und Dickdarm-Zentrum Hannover, Germany; Caritas Krankenhaus St. Josef Regensburg, Germany; Klinik für Viszeralchirurgie, Universitäts-Spital, Zürich, Switzerland; Coloproktologisches Zentrum Düsseldorf, Germany; Klinik für Viszeralchirurgie, Klinikum Ludwigsburg, Germany; Praxisklinik 2000 Freiburg, Germany; Prosper Hospital Recklinghausen, Germany; Chirurgische Klinik Universität Innsbruck, Austria; Klinik für Chirugie, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Germany End- und Dickdarmzentrum Mannheim, Germany and Klinik für Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

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  1. End- und Dickdarmzentrum, Mannheim, Germany

    A. Herold, D. Bussen & A. Joos

  2. Klinik für Chirugie, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany

    A. Ommer

  3. Caritas Krankenhaus, Regensburg, Germany

    A. Fürst

  4. Coloproktologisches Zentrum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    F. Pakravan

  5. Klinik für Viszeralchirurgie, Universitäts-Spital, Zurich, Switzerland

    D. Hahnloser

  6. Praxisklinik 2000, Freiburg, Germany

    B. Strittmatter

  7. Klinik für Viszeralchirurgie, Klinikum Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany

    T. Schiedeck

  8. Klinik für Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

    F. Hetzer

  9. Chirurgische Klinik Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    F. Aigner

  10. Prosper Hospital, Recklinghausen, Germany

    E. Berg

  11. End- und Dickdarmzenrtum Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    M. Roblick

  12. Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

    S. Vershenya

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Herold, A., Ommer, A., Fürst, A. et al. Results of the Gore Bio-A fistula plug implantation in the treatment of anal fistula: a multicentre study. Tech Coloproctol 20, 585–590 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-016-1505-8

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