Fistula development after anal abscess drainage—a multicentre retrospective cohort study

Daniel Mark Skovgaards, Helene Perregaard, Christian Bakholdt Dibbern, Andreas Nordholm-Carstensen · 2023

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Daniel Mark Skovgaards, Andreas Nordholm-Carstensen, and two co-authors find who grows a fistula after an anal abscess. Their study, from twenty twenty-three, reviews patients across Denmark's capital region. An abscess near the anus is drained by surgery, yet a tunnel called a fistula often follows. Four hundred seventy-five patients were followed for about three years.

About a third developed a fistula in that span. Abscess place mattered: two deep spots raised the odds a lot. Crohn's disease and past repeat abscesses also stood out. Repeat surgery and one germ in the pus sample joined the risk list. The results can guide closer follow-up for high-risk patients.

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CREATORDaniel Mark Skovgaards, Helene Perregaard, Christian Bakholdt Dibbern, Andreas Nordholm-Carstensen
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE28 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10719138

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