AIM: There are certain problems experienced while retightening the seton material during
the patient follow-ups, such as pain and anaesthesia requirements in perianal fistula. The …

Introduction: Management of fistula-in-ano is a surgical challenge. Various methods for the
treatment of anal fistulas have a range of success rates and use of the cutting seton is still …

Background: Anal fistulas are a common medical problem affecting thousands of patients
annually well over 2000 years. There are many new novel approaches to this old condition …

Results The questionnaire was returned from 34 patients. In all 23 men and 11 women had
the seton tightened for the first time after a mean period of 32 days. The mean number of …

Objective: There are two main complications after surgery of complex fistula-in-ano: ie faecal
incontinence and recurrence. Summary Background Data: To prevent incontinence of stools …

Fistula-in-ano is a common surgical problem. Various materials have been used to perform
the seton technique in the treatment of fistula-in-ano. In this study, a novel material, a self …

Seton for treatment of perianal fistula can be of the cutting or a loose type. We adopted a
simple technique for tighten the seton by applying a necktie shape tie on the vascular loop …

Purpose: A standardised protocol for performing a cutting seton has not been well described
in the existing literature. The aim of this study was to examine our experience of treatment of …

Background The management of high and complicated anal fistulas remains a therapeutic
challenge, and the oldest and theoretically the simplest technique is to use a seton. In this …

Despite a thousand-year history of anal fistula treatment, long-term outcomes have not been
optimal, which encourages us to explore new surgical approaches. One of the methods of …