Factors associated with healing, reoperation and continence disturbance in patients following surgery for fistula-in-ano.
K-S NgAllan Mun Fai KwokChristopher John YoungPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
Minimizing recurrence of FIA and preservation of continence can be competing management goals. More than one in three patients require reoperation, one in five fails to heal completely and one in ten suffers worsened continence following surgery. Awareness of the factors that contribute to these outcomes is important to the process of informed consent and managing patient expectations before surgery.