What is considered a full recovery after drainage of a perianal abscess?



After incision and drainage of a perianal abscess, the wound is completely filled with fresh granulation tissue from the inside out, with no more sinus tracts and no abnormal secretions, indicating complete recovery.

Perianal abscess is an acute purulent infection that occurs in the soft tissues around the anal canal and rectum or in the peripheral space, where purulent exudate gathers to form an abscess, leading to redness, swelling and pain around the anus. Perianal abscess should be treated in time, not timely treatment, resulting in the proliferation of soft tissues around the anus will form a new abscess, and finally spread to cause anal fistula.

After surgery, you need to change the dressing every day on time, until the dressing is dry and no pus, you can change to every other day, pay attention to every time after the bowel movement should also be cleaned, change the dressing to ensure that the wound is dry and clean. After surgery, we should pay attention to rest, avoid strenuous exercise, diet to high-protein low-fat food, eat more vegetables and fruits, avoid spicy stimulating food, keep the bowel movement.

After the drainage of perianal abscess, in addition to the above attention to the situation, in the follow-up recovery period, according to the individual condition, regularly to the hospital anorectal outpatient review, listen to the attending physician’s advice, cooperate with the treatment, so that the recovery of the operation to achieve the desired results.