Systematic review: The management of unhealed wounds and persistent perineal sinuses following proctectomy in inflammatory bowel disease
The published evidence for treatment of PPS in IBD consists of low-quality evidence case series with high risk of bias. There is a need for standardised outcome reporting and high-quality, prospective studies to establish effective treatment algorithms.
Authors
- Ailsa Hart
- T Pelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-2409)
- Stefan D. Holubar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-9042)
- Easan Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-5931)
- Phil Tozer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2532-7267)
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (GB)
- St Mark's Hospital (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Techniques in Coloproctology
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-025-03242-z
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Royal College of Surgeons of England