Constipation after anal fistula surgery anal

Use the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more. The median Wexner scores before and after surgery were 1. Low transsphincteric anal fistula can be treated by fistulotomy without clinically significant continence disturbance.

You may be worried about having a bowel movement after your surgery. You will likely have some pain and bleeding with bowel movements for the first 1 to 2 weeks. You can make your bowel movements less painful by getting enough fibre and fluids, and using stool softeners or laxatives. Sitting in warm water sitz bath after bowel movements will also help.

Anal Fistulas are tracks that develop, frequently as the result of an infection, in the layers of the muscle or in fatty layers of tissue involving the area of the anus. Anal Fistulas may increase in size, track through long areas of tissue, forge an outlet and opening into the perineum the area between the anus and the urinary opening , and become infected. They can be very painful and require draining and a process of closure over a period of time. Surgery for Anal Fistulas may involve draining any infection. This may include the placement of a seton or several setons.

An anal fistula is a tunnel that develops between the skin around your anus and the inside of your back passage anal canal. Anal fistula surgery is an operation to close this tunnel. You will meet the surgeon carrying out your procedure to talk about your care. One in three people with an abscess in their anus will go on to develop a fistula.