Table 4.
Literature Review of Studies of Laparoscopic Resection of Diverticular Colonic Fistula
| Authors | Year | N | Fistula Type |
EBLa | ORT | Conversion | LOS | Morbidity | Mortality | Recurrence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesical | Vaginal | Cutaneous | Other | ||||||||||
| Hewett and Stitz18 | 1995 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 220 | — | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vargas et al15 | 1999 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50% | — | — | — | — |
| Bartus et al19 | 2005 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 220 | 25% | 6.2 | 8% | — | — |
| Laurent et al20 | 2005 | 16 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 172 | 18.7% | 5.7 | 12.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Nguyen et al21 | 2006 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 326 | 209 | 36% | 6 | 14% | 0 | 0 |
| Engeldow et al22 | 2007 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 150 | 29% | 7 | 6% | 6% | 0 |
| Abbass et alb | 2013 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | — | 150 | 240 | 0 | 4 | 38% | 0 | 0 |
a
EBL =estimated blood loss (in milliliters); ORT = operating room time (in minutes); LOS = length of stay (in days).