So glad I found this forum, I would really appreciate some advice.
I've been diagnosed with a suprasphincteric fistula, which was confirmed in a MRI, my CRS was very surprised about as I have no history of colorectal disease. I suspect it may have come about through infection which has somehow burrowed very deep, following small fissures.
CRS wants to do two procedures - the first to do a partial fistulotomy, which will leave me with a very large and deep wound, given the location of the fistula, convert the high fistula to a lower one and insert a seton. The second surgery would involve a fistulectomy and VAAFT repair with fibrin glue.
I'm really not sure whether to go ahead with the surgery. The fistula doesn't really bother me all that much. It's painful at times and the discharge is inconvenient and occasionally embarassing. The surgeries and the subsequent prolonged healing time period sound horrid from what I read on the various forums and it's probably going to mean a number of weeks off work. Do you think I should undergo the treatment or just live with the fistula?