One-staged Radical Sphincter Function Preserving Operation for Abscesses

Abstract

For the treatment of anal abscesses, it has been a rule to incise and drain the abscesses for the first stage and perform the radical operations for the second stage.
However, recently advanced techniques for the sphincter function preserving operation of anal fistulas made me try to apply the methods for the treatment of anal abscesses, with the results that 314 abscesses were primarily operated for the past 4 years, and the sphincters were conserved as much as possible. The analyses of thier postoperative courses and results show the more rapid healing period, lower incidence of the complications (8 cases 2.5%) and recurrence (5 cases 1.6%) compared with the results of anal fistulas. All the more, what was gratified by the patients was that all the periods of ailment, hospitalization and taking-off were so much shortened.