Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate systematically the clinical efficacy of surgery combined with antiTNFalpha in treatment of Crohn′s disease (CD) with perianal fistula.
Method:Database including China Biology Medicine disc, Wan Fang Database, PubMed, Cochrane Library and EMBASE were searched with “Crohn′s disease, anal fistula, fistula, perianal fistula, surgical procedure, surgery, surgical, antitumor necrosis factoralpha, antiTNFalpha, TNFalpha, 克罗恩病, Crohn′s病, 肛瘘, 手术治疗, 外科手术, 抗肿瘤坏死因子α制剂, 肿瘤坏死因子, 肿瘤坏死因子配体超家族员2” between the database establishment and June 2016. Literatures of retrospective casecontrol studies about surgery combined with antiTNFalpha therapy and single surgery in treatment of CD with perianal fistula were retrieved. Data were extracted and evaluated by 2 independent researchers. Patients who underwent surgery combined with antiTNFalpha therapy were allocated into the combined therapy group and patients who underwent single surgical treatment were allocated into the surgery group. The complete healing rate, partial healing rate and recurrence rate after therapy were compared between the 2 groups. Count data were represented as the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). The heterogeneity was analyzed by the I2 test.
Result: Six retrospective casecontrol studies were retrieved and total sample size was 598 patients, including 256 in the combined therapy group and 342 in the surgery group. The result of Meta analysis showed that there was no significant difference in postoperative complete healing rate and partial healing rate between the 2 groups (OR=1.36, 1.47, 95%CI: 0.94-1.97, 0.56-3.88, P>0.05), and recurrence rate after therapy in the combined therapy group was significantly lower than that in the surgery group (OR=0.26, 95%CI: 0.16-0.44, P<0.05).
Conclusion:The complete healing rate and partial healing rate of patients with CD with perianal fistula undergoing surgery combined with antiTNFalpha therapy are not superior to that undergoing single surgical treatment, however, recurrence rate after therapy is lower for patients undergoing surgery combined with antiTNFalpha therapy.