Evaluation and management of perianal abscess and anal fistula: a consensus statement developed by the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR)

A Amato, C Bottini, P De Nardi, P Giamundo… - Techniques in …, 2015 - Springer
Perianal sepsis is a common condition ranging from acute abscess to chronic fistula
formation. In most cases, the source is considered to be a non-specific cryptoglandular …

Evaluation and management of perianal abscess and anal fistula: SICCR position statement

A Amato, C Bottini, P De Nardi, P Giamundo… - Techniques in …, 2020 - Springer
Perianal sepsis is a common condition ranging from acute abscess to chronic anal fistula. In
most cases, the source is considered to be a non-specific cryptoglandular infection starting …

Perianal abscess/fistula disease

MH Whiteford - Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
Perirectal abscesses and fistulas represent the acute and chronic manifestations of the
same disease process, an infected anal gland. They have beleaguered patients and …

Anorectal infection: abscess–fistula

H Abcarian - Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Anorectal abscess and fistula are among the most common diseases encountered in adults.
Abscess and fistula should be considered the acute and chronic phase of the same …

German S3 guidelines: anal abscess and fistula (second revised version)

A Ommer, A Herold, E Berg, A Fürst, S Post… - … archives of surgery, 2017 - Springer
Background The incidence of anal abscess and fistula is relatively high, and the condition is
most common in young men. Methods This is a revised version of the German S3 guidelines …

Randomized controlled trial of primary fistulotomy with drainage alone for perianal abscesses

YH Ho, M Tan, CH Chui, A Leong, KW Eu… - Diseases of the colon …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE: Primary fistulotomy may be advantageous for perianal abscesses because
unlike ischiorectal abscesses, fistulas are more commonly found and can be laid open with …

Incision and drainage of perianal abscess with or without treatment of anal fistula

AI Malik, RL Nelson, S Tou - Cochrane Database of systematic …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The perianal abscess is a common surgical problem. A third of perianal
abscesses may manifest a fistula‐in‐ano which increases the risk of abscess recurrence …

Prospective randomized trial of drainage alone vs. drainage and fistulotomy for acute perianal abscesses with proven internal opening

CL Tang, SP Chew, F Seow-Choen - Diseases of the colon & …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE: Incision and drainage (I & D) with concurrent or delayed fistulotomy is the usual
treatment for abscess-fistula with a demonstrated internal opening. We compared incision …

Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials comparing drainage alone vs primary sphincter-cutting procedures for anorectal abscess–fistula

HM Quah, CL Tang, KW Eu, SYE Chan… - International journal of …, 2006 - Springer
Background and aim Concurrent definitive treatment of underlying fistulas from infected anal
glands at the time when the anorectal abscesses are drained is controversial as this is …

Anorectal abscess and fistula-in-ano: evidence-based management

JA Rizzo, AL Naig, EK Johnson - Surgical Clinics, 2010 - surgical.theclinics.com
Anorectal abscess, and the fistula that may result, are long established processes that were
originally described at the beginning of recorded medical history as part of the ''Corpus …