A clinical experience with 36 male patients with fistula-in-ano which underwent the operation from May 1982 to April 1983, was analysed with the literature review.
1) The anal fistula most commonly develops a legarcy of an anorectal abscess(72.2%).
2) The most common anatomic type was intersphincteric fistula(69.4%).
3) The operative procedures included fistulectomy and laying open (47.2%), fistulotomy and curettage(22.2%), Seton technique(l3.9%), Parks method(8.3%), fistulectomy and suture(5.6%), fistulectomy and skin graft(2.8%).
4) The postoperative complications were infection(8.3%), bleeding (5.6%), recurrence (5.6%), overgranulation (2.8%).
5) There was no incontinence.
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