Anal Fistula—After successful treatment of an abscess, some 30% to 70% of patients may go on to develop an anal fistula, an abnormal tunneling connection between the skin around the anus and the anal ...

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Anything related to anal health is often ignored, misunderstood, or awkward to talk about. Most people tend to label every discomfort in that area as "piles", but that's not always the case.

From 01/2008 to 12/2019 all consecutive patients (≥ 12 years of age), who underwent surgical treatment at the University Hospital of Giessen for perianal abscess (i.e. surgical abscess drainage or ...

Fistulas are atypical tube-like connection that forms between two organs or vessels inside the body. The most common fistulas are anal, urinary tract, and gastrointestinal fistulas. There are many ...

This study aimed to determine the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosing and describing the characteristics of fistula-in-ano, and the agreement between MRI and operative findings. We ...

Children who presented with perianal abscess or fistula-in-ano faced an age-dependent increased risk of developing Crohn's disease (CD); over 1 in 5 children were diagnosed with CD. The recurrence of ...

The most common cause of an anal fistula is an anal abscess, although there are several other possible causes of the condition. Most anal fistulas form in the posterior midline. An abscess is a ...

One big challenge of being a foreign correspondent is to make the foreign less foreign, especially on issues that might seem esoteric or irrelevant to an American audience. The challenge was all the ...

A vesicovaginal fistula is an irregular opening between your bladder and vagina. This causes urine to leak out of your vagina. Usually, urine should only exit your body through your urethra (tube at ...