XXXX in ano: a surgical audit.

@entity1 @entity322 @entity31 @entity189 @entity292 @entity30
OBJECTIVE: To document a 15 year experience of @entity292 in ano surgery. DESIGN: Retrospective audit of @entity1 . SUBJECTS: All @entity1 referred with @entity292 in ano between 1975 and 1990. SETTING: Colorectal Service, University Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Resolution of symptoms and morbidity of surgery. RESULTS: 92 operations were performed in 88 @entity1 . There were 65 males (39.6 year) and 23 females (25.9 year). Two @entity1 were operated on two occasions and one @entity1 with @entity30 ( @entity30 ) had three fistulae laid open over a two year period. Three further @entity1 with @entity30 had one operation each. One @entity1 had mucosal @entity31 , one @entity1 was found to have a @entity189 in situ close to the @entity292 tract and one had a @entity189 in the fistulous tract. There were no postoperative deaths. Over 50% of the @entity1 were discharged within three days of surgery. No @entity1 complained of anal @entity322 at the time of discharge. Two @entity1 returned with recurrence (a cryptogenic sepsis recurrence rate of 2.3%). CONCLUSION: Low fistulae in ano can be very satisfactorily managed by simple laying open. The recurrence rate following surgery is low, and there have been no complaints of problems with continence.
