Author | Year of publication | Years of enrollment | Quality of evidence (OCEBM) | Country | No. of surgically treated patients | Mean age | Male:female | Etiology | Type of fistula | Â |
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Pollard | 1987 | 1971–1986 | 4 | UK | 61 | 61 | 36:25 | DD 71%; CRC 12.1%; BC 1.5%; CD 6%; PR 4.5%; Appendicitis 3%; Trauma 1.5% | CVF 100% |  |
McNamara | 1990 | 1952–1986 | 2b | Canada | 61 | 34.4 | 38:23 | CD 100% | EVF 85.2%; RVF 4.9%; CVF 9.8% |  |
Holmes | 1992 | 1988–1991 | 4 | UK | 11 | 69 | 8:3 | CRC 63.6%; BC 36.4% | CVF 100% |  |
McBeath | 1994 | 1980–1991 | 2b | USA | 76 | 62.1 | 51:25 | DD 59%; Malignancy 9%; PR 7%; Radioneoplastic 8%; CD 9%; Appendicitis 3%; other 6% |  |  |
Munoz | 1998 | 1980–1995 | 4 | USA | 33 | 62 | 56:6 | Benign disease 27%; Malignancy 73% |  |  |
Vasilevsky | 1998 | 1975–1995 | 4 | Canada | 23 |  | 8:15 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Yamamoto | 2000 | 1970–1997 | 4 | Japan | 25 | 39 | 17:8 | CD 100% | EVF 80%; CVF 20% |  |
Walker | 2002 | 1991–1995 | 2b | UK | 19 | 68 | 8:11 | DD 73.6%; CRC 15.7%; Trauma 5.2%; CD 5.2% | CVF 100% |  |
Menenakos | 2003 | 1993–2002 | 2b | Greece | 15 | 68.1 | 10:5 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Najjar | 2004 | 1992–2004 | 4 | USA | 12 | 63.9 | 12:0 | DD 75%; CRC 16.7%; BC 8.3% | CVF 100% |  |
Kavanagh | 2005 | 1990–2000 | 4 | Ireland | 25 | 63.5 | 13:12 | DD 52%; CRC 16%; BC 4%; CD 12%; PR 12%; IA 4% | CVF 76.7%; RVF 13.3%; EVF 10% |  |
Laurent | 2005 | 1992–2003 | 4 | Belgium | 16 | 60 | 10:6 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Ferguson | 2008 | 1993–2005 | 4 | USA | 74 | 54 | 48:26 | DD 70.3%; CD 29.7% |  |  |
Melchior | 2009 | 1982–2007 | 4 | Germany | 49 | 69.5 | 42:7 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Lynn | 2012 | 2003–2010 | 2b | USA | 72 | 60 | 50:22 | DD 65%; Malignancy 15%; CD 18%; Trauma 2% | CVF 85%; RVF 15% |  |
Niebling | 2013 | 1998–2010 | 4 | Netherlands | 31 | 61.1 | 19:12 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Maciel | 2014 | 2009–2013 | 2b | USA | 75 | 62.3 | 39:36 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Salgado-Nesme | 2016 | 2005–2011 | 2b | Mexico | 24 | 56.5 | 22:2 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Taxonera | 2016 | NR | 2b | Spain | 79 | 33 | 60:19 | CD 100% | EVF 66.9%; CVF 31.9% | Â |
Badic | 2017 | 2000–2014 | 2b | France | 28 | 68 | 20:8 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
El-Haddad | 2018 | 2012–2017 | 4 | Egypt | 40 | 58 | 36:4 | DD 100% | CVF 100% |  |
Nevo | 2019 | 2007–2017 | 4 | Israel | 17 | 48 (median) | 15:2 | DD 59%; CD 41% | EVF 41%; CVF 59% |  |