Abstract:
Objective:To compare the efficacies of seton drainage combined with anti TNFα monoclonal antibody or immunosuppressants in the treatment of Crohn′s disease complicated with anal fistula.
Methods:The clinical data of 37 patients with Crohn′s disease complicated with anal fistula who were admitted to the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun YatSen University from June 2007 to February 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Seventeen patients were treated by seton drainage combined with anti TNFα monoclonal antibody (anti TNFα monoclonal antibody group) and 20 were treated by seton drainage combined with immunosuppressants (immunosuppressant group). The ratios of patients with healed and unhealed fistula, time for fistula heal, ratio of anal fistula recurrence, time for anal fistula recurrence and ratio of reoperation for anal fistula between the 2 groups were compared. Patients were followed up via outpatient examination and phone call till May 2014. The measurement data and the count data were analyzed using the t test and chisquare test, respectively.
Results:One patient in the anti TNFα monoclonal antibody group was treated by adalimumab, and the other 16 patients were treated by infliximab. Twenty patients in the immunosuppressant group were treated by azathioprine. All the patients were followed up for a mean time of 19 months (range, 3-50 months). The ratios of patients with healed and unhealed fistula, recurrence of anal fistula, reoperation for anal fistula recurrence, time for fistula heal and time for anal fistula recurrence were 8/17, 7/17, 2/17, 2/2, (2.5±2.1)months and (4.0±2.8)months in the anti TNFα monoclonal antibody group, and 12/20, 3/20, 5/20, 3/5, (3.6±3.5) months and (9.0±8.2) months in the immunosuppressant group, with no significant difference between the 2 groups (χ
2=0.620, 2.137, 0.364, 0.018, t=-1.035,-0.619, P>0.05).
Conclusion:Seton drainage is effective for the treatment of Crohn′s disease complicated with anal fistula. The efficacies of seton drainage combined with anti TNFα monoclonal antibody or immunosuppressant are 〖HJ*6〗comparative.