Anal Fissure Support Forum

... drains placed (August). Now on Wednesday I'm going in for a fistulotomy for one side of the track which is superficial, in addition to advance flap replacement on the other track which was much deeper. No pain so far has been worse than the initial abscess, but I'm told this will probably be ...

Just thought I'd quickly write an update as there are not a lot of continued advancement flap posts here. Quick background: I had my fissure since Nov of 2011. I've tried nifedipine, botox, and had a house flap on May 7th of this past year (roughly 5 months ago). Ever ...

... have had a good experience. I live right outside of NYC and am willing to go most anywhere including philly to find the right dr for an advanced flap procedure. I have had fistulectomies and LIS before and it seems to be a viscious circle of awesome pain and discomfort. So if anyone could please ...

This is the surgery I was offered rather than LIS V-Y advancement flap as first-line treatment for all chronic anal fissures. Chambers W, Sajal R, Dixon A. Source Department of Colorectal Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK. Abstract INTRODUCTION: It ...

Hi, I had double advancement flap surgery 9 weeks ago. I never thought I would have to go through something like that but I did it. My stenosis was so severe I was on the verge of not being able to have a bm at all. I saw my CRS today and ...

... this forum (and frequent lurker) for quite some time, I haven’t posted much. Let me first start by saying that I am 6 weeks post-house advancement flap and curious as to how much longer it should take for me to be “normal” again. Although 99% of the pain from surgery is gone, I still have pain ...

I thought I was doing okay, keeping busy but all of a sudden my nerves have kicked in. I was able to eat breakfast but from now until surgery it's strictly liquids. Tomorrow I do the dreaded clean out and friday morning I have surgery. They will be keeping me overnight to make sure they manage any p...

... tests. It seems that my anal resting pressure is not too high, so lis is not even a consideration for me. I seem to remember the words advancement flap, and only option, being said, then that was that... I really wasn't expecting that one so I just sort of switched off and tried not to cry to be ...

... had dull ache pain. I have been on dilatezem since the beginning if January and it hasn't helped much. My CRS has suggested I have an anioplasty flap instead of LIS. I was surprised because I thought LIS was the first line of surgical defense. In doing a little reading it appears LIS has shorter ...

Hello, I am happy I have found this site, I am six days past my 2nd advancement flap surgery. The first one didn't take on 11/11/12. All of this was from an anal fistula surgery that occured on August 2nd 2011! the external wound healed nicely, the internal incision ...