An experimentally successful new sphincter-conserving treatment for anal fistula
| Autor: | C. Richard G. Cohen, R. K. S. Phillips, Rebecca C. Himpson, Paul Sibbons |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Anal fistula
medicine.medical_specialty Anorectal disease Swine Fistula Tissue integration Anal Canal Biocompatible Materials Injections Intralesional medicine Animals Rectal Fistula medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gastroenterology General Medicine medicine.disease Anus Surgery Disease Models Animal medicine.anatomical_structure Skin biopsy Sphincter Female Collagen business |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of the colon and rectum. 52(4) |
| ISSN: | 1530-0358 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: A new sphincter-conserving treatment was evaluated in a porcine model. METHODS: A total of 36 fistulas were created by procedures that have been published previously. At fistula induction a skin biopsy was taken from which to culture fibroblasts. Four weeks after induction, when fistulas were well established, the fistula tracks were cored out. Collagen paste modified from Permacol™ injection (Covidien, Mansfield, MA) was then used as a solitary infill material in 11 tracks, cultured autologous fibroblasts being added to this in a further 18 tracks. The track was cored out in seven controls, but these tracks were not treated with infill material. All of the internal and external openings were closed. Anorectal excision was then carried out under terminal anesthesia at 2 to 12 weeks. Histologic examination of individual tracks was performed by an experienced pathologist. RESULTS: In this quadruped all of the infilled tracks healed, autologous fibroblasts having the best tissue integration, but only two of seven control tracks healed. CONCLUSIONS: Removal of the fistula track followed by injection of collagen healed all of the cases. The addition of autologous fibroblasts improved the histologic appearance of the tracks. A pilot study in human fistula patients is in progress. |
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