What is Anal Fistula?
An anal fistula is a chronic disease. This article focuses on how anal fistula surgery works and why you should opt for it.
Know More About Anal Fistula Symptoms
Anal fistula symptoms are often mistaken for other diseases, which makes them difficult to treat. Some of the common anal fistula symptoms include:
Persistent discharge of infective matter via vagina, urethra, anus, or open wounds. The patient might be infected with HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis B or C. Discharge of pus through anybody’s cavity is also one of the common symptoms of Fistula infection. This pus might contain blood and foul-smelling material as well. Itching around the opening of the anus is also another symptom that leads to Fistula infection. This may be due to excessive friction between the buttocks resulting in tissue damage and bleeding into the area of the surrounding tissue around the anus region, leading to the development of an ulcer.
Is Anal Fistula Surgery Safe?
Anal fistula surgery is performed by the doctor only after the patient has been tested for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B or C. The doctor also needs to be sure that there are no other infections in the body so as to prevent further complications arising out of a still undiagnosed infection during the treatment procedure. Also, the surgeon performs a thorough examination of the patient’s skin which helps him or her decide whether it would be possible to perform anal fistula surgery or not.
What Happens In Anal Fistula Surgery?
Anal fistula surgery usually takes place at a hospital under general anesthesia. This procedure lasts between four to six hours depending upon many factors such as the condition of the patient, number of bleeding vessels, presence of swelling, and the extent of damage caused during anal fistula surgery. In this type of surgery, a high-temperature cautery unit is used to cut through the sphincter muscle, which has been destroyed due to infection resulting from Anal Fistulas. This operation releases a level of pain that can be tolerated by a patient. Usually, it takes 2-3 days for a patient to get back home after an anal fistula surgery procedure.
What Type Of Anal Fistula Surgery Is Performed?
This depends on the location and nature of the disease-causing an ulcer in the Anus region. Generally, there are two types of surgeries performed: primary closure or Seton stitch procedure.
In conclusion, anal fistula surgery can be a life-saving procedure for those unfortunate patients who are not only suffering from the pain of Anal Fistulae but also suffer on account of social ostracism, anxiety, and guilt feeling on account of their inability to control the urge to pass excrement uncontrollably.
