Research Article
Ligation of Intersphincteric Fistula Tract Is Suitable for Recurrent Anal Fistulas from Follow-Up of 16 Months
Table 5
Worldwide experience with LIFT.
| First author | | Healing | Recurrence | Follow-up |
| Rojanasakul | 18 | 94.40% | — | — | Shanwani | 45 | 82.20% | 17.70% | 9 (2–16) months | Bleier | 29 | 57% | 10.30% | 20 (0–58) weeks | Ellis | 31 | 94% | — | 15 (12–30) months | Ooi | 25 | 68% | 28% | 22 (3–43) weeks | Aboulian | 25 | 68% | 12% | 27 (8–158) weeks | Sileri | 18 | 83% | NA | 6 (4–10) months | Tan | 93 | 86% | 6.50% | 6 (1–85) weeks | Mushaya | 25 | 68% | 8% | 16.4 (8.4–31.3) months | Han | 21 | 95% | — | 14 (12–15) months | Lo | 25 | 89% | 0 | 9.8 (1–21.5) months | Wallin | 93 | 40% | 26% | 19 (44–55) months | van Onkelen | 41 | 51% | — | 15 (7–21) months | Abcarian | 40 | 74% | 8% | 18 (2–64) weeks | van Onkelen | 22 | 82% | — | 19.5 (3–35) months | Lehmann | 17 | 65% | — | 13.5 (8–26) months | Sirikurnpiboon | 41 | 83% | 19% | 18 weeks | Tan | 16 | 68.80% | — | 26 (12–51) months | Liu | 38 | 61% | — | 26 (3–44) months | Gingold | 15 | 67% | 58% | 11.2 (3–15) months | Romaniszyn | 14 | 57% | 7.10% | 8 (7–17) months | Dalbem | 22 | 77.00% | 23% | 14 (4–24) months | Tomiyoshi | 8 | 88% | — | 2–6 weeks | Baharudin | 56 | 71% | 5.35% | 20.98 (2.9–151.74) weeks | Ye | 43 | 87% | 12.80% | 15 (12–24) months | Schulze | 75 | 88% | 12% | 14.6 ± 1.7 months | Parthasarathi | 167 | 94.10% | 5.90% | 12 (4–22) months |
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