anal fistula

When an anal fistula is suspected, a visit to a doctor is needed.

The condition developed into a discharging anal fistula and would dog him for the rest of his life.

The only cure for an anal fistula is surgery.

In some cases, an anal fistula causes persistent drainage.

There are several stages to treating an anal fistula:

An anal fistula may become infected.

Hanaoka successfully operated for hydrocele, anal fistula, and even performed certain kinds of plastic surgery.

Goodsall's rule relates the external opening of an anal fistula to its internal opening.

In December 1881, Jefferies began to suffer from his until then undiagnosed tuberculosis, with an anal fistula.

The investigation of choice for anal fistulas is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

An anal fistula can often be treated with medicines, though sometimes surgery to repair the fistula may be needed.

Surgery for an anal fistula, which is usually done only in cases of complications such as an abscess, sometimes results in persistent nonhealing.

Having anal fistulas (abnormal openings).

Ayurveda, the ancient science of Indian medicine, describes setons made from various salts used to cure anal fistulas.

Fistulae are a feature of many diseases, but commonly fistulectomy refers to an operation for an anal fistula (fistula-in-ano).

Anal fissure or anal fistula.

Anal fistula, or fistula-in-ano, is an abnormal connection between the epithelialised surface of the anal canal and (usually) the perianal skin.

Patients who give a histoiry of previous anal fistula or abscess represent another subgroup in whom objective measurement of anal sphincteric function before operation is essential.

However, his health condition steadily worsened in 1926 and 1927, deteriorating from asthma and bronchitis to dyspnea, and with the development of painful anal fistula which required surgery.

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Perianal abscess occurs in about 1% of closed sphincterotomies, generally in association with anal fistula caused by a breach of the anal mucosa by the scalpel.

Anyone with an unusual anal fistula that does not respond to conservative treatment should be examined for Crohn's disease, since a fistula is often the first sign of Crohn's disease.