Table 4 Recurrences after Altemeier’s procedure in literature
Study | n. patients | Recurrences (%) | Time to recurrence (years) |
|---|---|---|---|
Altemeier (1972) [24] | 106 | 2.8% | ND |
Friedman (1983) [25] | 27 | 50% | ND |
Gopal (1984) [26] | 18 | 5.5% | ND |
Williams (1992) [27] | 114 | 10% | 1 |
Ramanujam (1994) [28] | 72 | 5.5% | ND |
Kimmins (2001) [10] | 63 | 6.4% | 2 |
Chun (2001) [29] | 109 | 7.7% with levatorplasty | 4 |
20.6% without levatorplasty | 1 | ||
Hammond (2007) [30] | 48 | 16.7% | 10 |
Cirocco (2010) [11] | 103 | 0 | ND |
Lee (2010) [12] | 143 | 11.4% | 1 |
Ris (2011) [13] | 60 | 14% actuarial | 4 |
Ding (2012) [14] | 113 | 18% | ND |
Towliat (2013) [16] | 26 | 26.9% | ND |
Senapati (2013) [15] | 102 | 41% actuarial | 5 |
Kim (2014) [17] | 63 | 13% | 2 |
Elagili (2015) [18] | 22 | 9% | 1 |
Our series | 43 | 40% actuarial | 4 |