Table 1.
Current reports for different repairs for rectovaginal fistulas with Crohn’s disease
| Authors | Patients/repairs | Procedure | Primary/overall healing (%) | Recurrence (%) | Follow-up (mo) |
| Joo et al[38], 1998 | 20 | RAF | -/75 | 17 | |
| Windsor et al[39], 2000 | 13/21 | Local repair | 40/77 | 54 | 31 |
| Athanasiadis et al[35], 2007 | 37/56 | various | 51/73 | 30 | 85 |
| -/20 | Transperineal repair | 70 | |||
| -/15 | Direct closure | 73 | |||
| -/14 | Anocutaneous flap | 86 | |||
| -/7 | Advancement flap | 29 | |||
| Ruffolo et al[36], 2009 | |||||
| 52/71 | different | 56/81 | 10 | 109 | |
| -/36 | RAF | 56 | |||
| -/23 | VAF | 57 |
RAF: Rectal advancement flap; VAF: Vaginal advancement flap.