Anal Fissure Support Forum

... Yes, it is sooooo frustrating! What complication happened that you needed a second surgery? I didn't heal properly either and developed a small keyhole groove at the opening of the LIS site which is what is causing the little bit of leakage, but my surgeon doesn't want to surgically correct ...

Hi Vortex87,

You mean you have keyhole defect without any surgery?

Mind to tell your age range?

Do you have vagina delivery before?

Husk and kegel exercises work for me. I usually have leakage after a soft BM for about an hour or two. I never had LIS though, I just have a keyhole defect in my internal sphincter. I try to do at least 3x10 kegels a day. Good Luck!

hurtinend wrote:lopsided shpincter?

That's how it feels because its only tight on my right side. There is a keyhole defect on the opposite side. Its a scar that covers the sphincter.

... I have to wipe a few times an hour or so at my remaining fistulotony wound. It seems it's formed into a hole of some sorts. Possibly a "keyhole deformity" which liquid stool seems to leak from. It so happens to be next to an external hemorrhoid on the inside of the other cheek and ...

... also looks like a circular opening within the cut. I hope this is still healing and will fill in as I'm worried it may be something called a "keyhole deformity". I'm worried because I rinse, sitz, and shower after a bm and half hour later it looks like there is slight fecal silage from ...

... pain and the bleeding was immediately better and stopped within a couple weeks. My also a-hole did look funny, I think what they must mean by a keyhole deformity. Unfortunately after a month or two I started randomly bleeding again after a BM. This has continued since, sometimes going weeks ...

... and can cause incontinence. Your surgeons is promoting outdated practices. LIS used to be done at the posterior location, which could lead to a 'keyhole' deformity and subsequent leakage. However, it's now performed at the lateral location, and only 1/3 or so of the muscle is cut, reducing the ...

... three days without a bm. I started to use softeners again (as instructed). First BM was like trying to extrude off-label play d'oh through a keyhole. Next day my bowel decided to start working and it's been starting get back to normal although still irregular. Before BM I had no pain issues, ...

... from the scarring for a several months. (Balneol was really helpful after my nitro was finished.) I was on constant lookout for fistula and keyhole deformity until my 12-week post-op appt. Luckily, I had neither of those. Now 9 months later, I still occasionally get a pang of pain, always ...