Table 1 Endoscopic repair patient demographics, techniques used, success rates, follow-up and complication rates
From: Bilateral Piriform sinus fistulas: a case study and review of management options
Author | Year | Number of Patients | Patient Age | Patient Gender | Technique | Success rate | Duration of follow-up | Complication rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shrime [29] | 2003 | 1 | 1d | F | CC with silver nitrate | 100% | – | 100% (Transient vocal cord palsy) |
Cigliano [12] | 2004 | 1 | 9 | F | FS repeated at short term interval three times | 100% | 15 m | 0% |
Ahmed [14] | 2008 | 3 | 3-9y | 1 M 2F | Secondary EC following failed surgical excision | 100% | 9-13 m | 0% |
Pereira [8] | 2008 | 2 | 2-18y | 2 M | CC with silver nitrate | 100% | 2y | 0% |
Chen [13] | 2009 | 9 | 3-16y | 1 M 8F | EC +/− polyglactin sutures | 78% | 7 m-8y | 0% |
Miyauchi [30] | 2009 | 12 | 14-31y | 2 M 10F | CC with 30% TCA | 83% | 4-21 m | 0% |
Leboulanger [15] | 2010 | 19 | 1d-18y | – | 2 EC 13 CO2 Laser 4 Thulium laser | 68% | 6 m-5y | 0% |
Bajaj [16] | 2011 | 3 | <1y | – | EC | 100% | 6w | 0% |
Zhang [21] | 2012 | 1 | 15y | M | CC | 0% | 5y | 0% |
Cha [9] | 2013 | 44 | – | – | 31 CC with 20-40% TCA 13 Secondary CC with TCA following failed surgical excision | 77% | 18 m-18y | 0% |
Park [20] | 2013 | 2 | 13 m-5y | 1 M 1F | CC with 30% TCA | 100% | 7-18 m | 100% (Transient vocal cord palsy) |
Watson [17] | 2013 | 5 | 2-12y | 1 M 4F | 1 EC 2 CO2 Laser 2 CC with silver nitrate | 100% | 11-41 m | 0% |
Parida [19] | 2014 | 3 | 11-12y | 1 M 2F | 2 CC with silver nitrate 1 Secondary CC with silver nitrate following failed surgical excision | 100% | 2-3y | 0% |
Sun [11] | 2014 | 22 | 6 m-14y | 7 M 15F | EC | 91% | 1 m-14y | 0% |
Wong [28] | 2014 | 2 | 10-14y | 1 M 1F | 1 EC 1 Secondary EC following failed surgical excision | 50% | 4y | 50% (mild hoarseness that resolved within 2 weeks) |
Hwang [24] | 2015 | 13 | 1.5-15y | 9 M 4F | CC with 20% TCA | 54% | 5.5y (median) | 0% |
Josephson [1] | 2015 | 1 | 7y | F | CO2 laser with chromic suture | 100% | 4y | 0% |
Kamide [18] | 2015 | 1 | 20y | F | Electrocauterization | 100% | 1y | 0% |
Abbas [25] | 2016 | 1 | 12y | F | Electrocauterization | 100% | 22 m | 0% |
Di Nardo [22] | 2016 | 1 | 3y | F | Secondary Glubran 2 sealing following 4 failed surgical excisions | 100% | 6y | 0% |
Huang [27] | 2016 | 5 | 5-7y | 3 M 2F | KTP laser assisted EC with FS | 80% | 7-36 m | 0% |
Matsuzaki [26] | 2016 | 2 | 9-26y | 1 M 1F | Endoscopic partial resection with polydioxanone suture | 100% | 1-2y | 0% |
Zhang [23] | 2016 | 42 | – | – | 11 EC 31 Coblation cauterization | 88% | 2-40 m | 7% (temporary hoarseness) |