Padrões de Recorrência na Cirurgia da Doença do Cisto Pilonidal: Navegando por Classificações Erradas e Complicações Precoces
Recurrence Patterns in Pilonidal Sinus Disease Surgery: Navigating Misclassifications and Early Complications
Dietrich Doll; Christina Oetzmann von Sachoczewski; Henrike Heitmann; Theo Hackmann; Julie Lynge Ankersen; Susanne Haas
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Introdução: Problemas de cicatrização de feridas são comuns após a cirurgia da Doença do Cisto Pilonidal (DCP), e podem ser mal classificados como recidiva durante os primeiros 6-12 meses pós-operatórios. Adotamos a hipótese de que a classificação errada das complicações pós-operatórias da ferida como recidivas se refletiria ao comparar as taxas anuais precoces e tardias.
Métodos: A taxa de recidiva pós-operatória foi analisada em 1.254 estudos envolvendo 2.030 grupos de tratamento (n=140.472 pacientes), estudos de seguimento menor que um ano (n=304 estudos) versus estudos com seguimento mais longo (n=950 estudos). Foi calculada a taxa de recidiva para os grupos e feita a subanálise para estratégias terapêuticas neste estudo observacional.
Resultados: A taxa de recidiva (TR) no primeiro ano foi significativamente mais elevada nos estudos com seguimento menor que um ano em comparação com estudos com seguimento maior que um ano (TR mediana 6,0%/ano vs. 2,0%/ano, Diferença de Risco (DR)=4,0%). A análise das recidivas das terapias individuais após o tratamento primário aberto indicou TR de 8%/ano contra 2,5%/ano (DR=5,5%), para o fechamento primário da linha média, de 20%/ano vs. 3,2%/ano (DR=16,8%) e para o Pit- Picking, de 20,7%/ano vs. 4,0%/ano (DR=16,7%).
Conclusão: A TR em um ano contém uma parte relevante de classificações erradas (recorrências falsas), que podem exceder a taxa verdadeira de recorrência por um fator de 3-5. Se for necessário determinar uma taxa de recorrência confiável, devem-se evitar seguimentos de menos de um ano. Estudos com 200 participantes ou mais apresentam uma menor probabilidade de erro na taxa de recorrência e devem ser almejados. O que acrescenta este artigo à literatura? Este é o primeiro trabalho a quantificar a classificação errada de “recidivas” no primeiro ano após a cirurgia da DCP.
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11/09/2025
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14/11/2025


