Prospective and multicentre study of radiofrequency treatment in anal fistula.

Marie SautereauDominique BouchardCharlène BrochardFrançois PigotLaurent SiproudhisJean Marie FayetteCécile TrainAnne LaurainCharlotte FavreauLaurent Abramowitz

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2022)

Radiofrequency is effective in 34.7% of the cases as an anal fistula treatment in this first prospective study, with low morbidity and no effect on continence. Clinical healing was deep (MRI) in three-quarters at 1 year. The increase in energy power during the procedure seems to be a key point to be analysed to optimise results.

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