Anal Fissure Support Forum

... In the meanwhile, I too did a search on google, under "anal fistula plug recovery" and came up with one link that might be of some use to you. http://www.goremedical.com/resources/dam/assets/AQ3110-EN3.pdf ...

... looking for information online about how you should feel after a plug surgery on a high anal fistula. I had my 4th surgery 2 weeks ago but this is the first time I've had a plug. Prior ...

... that much but I guess I'm afraid to push even a little for fear of the plug popping out or that I might bust a stitch or something. The actual site of my fistula doesn't bother me much except for the bleeding. I have more pain from my anus in ...

... AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 1 WEEK EACH TIME. GIVEN THAT YOU'VE HAD THE PLUG SURGERY, I'VE HEARD YOU NEED TO TAKE IT EASY TO LET YOU BODY "TAKE" ... are there any other women who had an experience with an anterior fistula and what procedure was done for you? I REALLY SHOULD KNOW WHAT TYPE ...

hello all. i'm a 26 year old healthy female that was diagnosed with a fistula on Nov. 4. i suffered from what i thought was hemorrhoids in sept ... because my fistula is anterior. he did offer the options of fistulomy, plug, seton, and lift. i'm hoping that because i have not had this fistula ...

... I understand the flap is usually used in cases of a more complex fistula but there are other alternatives such as the LIFT procedure or glue/plug. Did your CRS discuss these options with you also and whether they are viable in your ...

... that typically means that it goes through muscle. If it's a simple fistula, that usually means it's not going near the muscle so they can cut ... hopefully dry out the tract. They use procedures such as LIFT and the plug as they don't involve any cutting of the muscle and help to preserve ...

... tie off the two ends of the tract going through the muscle to stop the fistula tract from continuously filling up and draining. My fistula tract ... is why they had to do the LIFT. I've also heard of people have the plug procedure which is less invasive. I asked my doc about the plug and ...

... by now. He suspects that the pain/pressure and bleeding is from a new fistula. He thinks it has formed a new track. He wants to exam me and then possibly discuss going back into surgery and put a plug or a seton in. I see him next week to confirm it. I am somewhat frusturated ...

Hey guys, Fistula diagnosed today -- after a prior GP misdiagnosed as a fissure, and then another ... muscle or not -- I'm terrified of incontinence. Any experience with collagen fistula plug surgery and the like?