If you think you have an anal fistula, talk to your doctor about which treatment option is best for you. Most fistulas happen when an untreated abscess causes an infection in the anal glands ...

While most patients with anal fistulas can be cured with a single surgery, approximately 20% of patients may develop complex ...

Anal involvement can be the ... surgical-medical treatment for fistulous disease and sinuses, disease complicated by abscess, disease with a minimal inflammatory component, and disease in which ...

A spinal abscess may cause local or radiating back pain, fever, and neurological symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for improving a person’s outlook. A spinal cord abscess ...

Colorectal surgeons evaluated the treatments available for patients with hemorrhoids at a conference in France.

An anal fistula can be described as a narrow tunnel with its internal opening in the anal canal and its external opening in the skin near the anus. Anal fistulae commonly occur in people with a ...

A pilonidal cyst is a cyst or abscess (boil) located near the intergluteal cleft, otherwise known as the groove between the buttocks. Treatment usually requires having a pilonidal cyst removed ...