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Posted 3/28/2011 8:16 AM (GMT 0)
I know it sounds simple enough, but could someone with first hand experience tell a little about them? Went to see my Surgeon regarding my recent perianal abscess surgery on Friday just gone and he mentioned that he and his team would like to examine the area under anaesthetic and he said they will probably end up putting a draining seton in to help it heal and prevent it from closing over.

Any info would be great because his (the surgeons) nurse just called me about 10 mins ago and told me there is a bed available in the outpatients day ward tomorrow, so I decided to go in and just get it over with.

Any help would be appreciated! yeah
Posted 3/28/2011 10:35 AM (GMT 0)
well if it has become a fistula (a tract between the bowel and the external skin) they basically just insert a plasticy type thread all the way through the tract, so it would go through the opening where you can see it and up into the bowel, and then back out through the anus, and is tied up externally. This keeps the tract open so it drains properly and can begin to heal. Otherwise the external opening could heal first and it wouldn't have had time to drain so would all be trapped internally.
But if you think it is just an abcess and not a fistula it could be a slightly different procedure? Im not entirely sure sorry. But the above procedure is what I currently have. And I initially had a peri anal abcess which developed into a fistula...
I hope this might help!
Posted 3/28/2011 11:04 AM (GMT 0)
I remember my GI mentioning that their is a perianal fistula so I'm guessing it will be similar procedure to what you had. How sore is it? Are they annoying? The drain just sitting between your butt?
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