Overlap technique improves results of primary surgery after obstetric anal sphincter tear

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
A LepistöP Luukkonen

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate prospectively the results of the overlap technique in primary sphincter reconstruction after obstetric tear. Obstetric tears in 44 women were operated on with primary overlap reconstruction. These women were investigated six to nine months after the operation. Results were compared with those of a historical control group of 52 women whose obstetric sphincter rupture had been treated with the end-to-end technique. The overlap group had significantly more incontinence symptoms after delivery and repair of the sphincter tear than before delivery (P < 0.0001); however, their incontinence symptoms were significantly fewer than those of the end-to-end group (P = 0.004). The prevalence of persistent rupture of the external anal sphincter was significantly lower in the overlap group (6/44, 13.6 percent) than in the end-to-end group (39/52, 75 percent; P < 0.0001). Internal anal sphincter rupture occurred in 5 patients (11.4 percent) in the overlap group and in 40 patients (76.9 percent) in the end-to-end group (P < 0.0001). The overlap technique should be adopted as the method of choice for primary sphincter repair after obstetric tear.

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