Anal Fissure Support Forum

... by dividing the sphincter fibers through the fissure wound. Drawbacks- The wound is slow to heal and has a tendency to lead to a posterior midline keyhole defect that may cause a persistent seepage or difficulty in continence. B. Lateral subcutaneous internal sphincterotomy. It is one of the most ...

... that the dr partially cuts your internal sphincter muscle on the side, rather than the front or the back where it's weakest and may result ina keyhole deformity. This cut weakens the involuntary muscle and stops it from spasming and tightening. Since you have both an internal and external sphincter ...

... you cold go spetic. They need to take care of this right away. My drs made me wait 2 mos and I got increasingly sicker and more pained each day. A keyhole deformity is basically where one has a portion of the anal canal that will not quite seal shut. It is open and so makes the pucker look like ...

Thank-you, I know you're right, but the thought of having it done frightens the life out of me. The CRS said something about he hoped it wasn't keyhole complications, something like that, does anyone know what that means. He said that the fistula was where the fissure had healed over and made ...

... The time to heal the initial wound was about 5 mos, but everything is still inflamed and tender and scar bothers me. I also have a bit of a keyhole deformity. The surgery also gave me a hemmie, which turned fissure in June. That is in the process of healing--some days it feels better, some ...

Oh, good that you took that thing out !!!! You know, even without that keyhole something similar happened to me a month ago. I felt itchy and irritated and decided to take " a soak". When I was finished and was washing my self again a part of radichio ...

... way of life now. sighhh i think it's really interesting that you were able to figure out what was causing a recent problem. did you diagnose the keyhole deformity yourself, based on what you saw? will you bring this up to your dr next time? what is your pain like during BM, and how long does ...

... tip of a twiggy thing sticking out of the area. I removed it and felt somewhat better, though I am still sore now. Apparently, I have a bit of a keyhole deformity in the posterior position because of the surgery. since the drs opoend down to the mucle, there is no fatty layer btw the skin and ...