Is anal fistula surgery a major operation?

Anal fistula is a serious disease. It will cause people unbearable pain, seriously affect their daily life and work, and cause great harm to their health. Anal fistula is also a disease that is easy to recur. If you want to prevent the recurrence of anal fistula, you need to actively undergo surgery to treat anal fistula. Routine nursing work can prevent the recurrence of anal fistula. When some people hear that they need surgery, they are more concerned about whether anal fistula surgery is a major operation?

Is anal fistula surgery a major operation?

For anal fistula surgery, if the location is relatively high, then the operation is relatively large, and it is necessary to try to avoid damaging the anal sphincter and avoid fecal incontinence.

How to take care of anal fistula after surgery

1. Follow the doctor's instructions promptly and carefully after surgery, and pay attention to the reactions after taking the medication. Keep a happy mood and actively cooperate with the treatment during the recovery period.

2. The patient should rest in bed, avoid frequent and excessive activities, and perform appropriate activities under the guidance of a doctor.

3. Postoperative pain: After anal fistula surgery, as the anesthetic effect wears off, the patient will generally feel wound pain, making him nervous and uneasy. Nurses should understand the patients' mood, care about and be considerate of the patients' pain levels, do more to explain, help them relieve their pain, and provide pain relief as ordered by the doctor when necessary.

4. Pay attention to whether the wound is bleeding. If the wound is bleeding, you should notify your doctor and take measures to stop the bleeding.

5. Postoperative urinary retention. This phenomenon is more common in male patients who are nervous. Therefore, try to drink more water after leaving the operating room. This method can prevent the occurrence of urinary retention.

6. Diet. The patient should first eat nutritious liquid food, and then eat easily digestible, non-spicy semi-liquid or normal food according to the wound and stool conditions. Some patients do not eat for several days for fear of pain in the wound during defecation, which leads to hypoglycemia.

7. Eat more vegetables and fruits, drink more water to make them feel relaxed and develop the habit of regular bowel movements. Give laxatives if necessary. Clean the wound promptly after defecation, and take a sitz bath with 1:2000 potassium permanganate solution, then change the dressing in time.