Recovery time after anal fistula surgery is mainly related to the severity of the fistula and surgical methods, personal health, postoperative care and other factors, usually takes 2 to 6 weeks.
Low, relatively shallow anal fistula, can be treated by direct excision of the lesion, usually about 2 weeks after surgery can be recovered; deeper location of the complex anal fistula, usually need to hang the line treatment, which requires a longer recovery time, usually about 3 to 4 weeks can be recovered.
Elderly people and the combination of heart disease, diabetes and other basic diseases, postoperative recovery is slower, postoperative recovery time is longer, usually need to add 1~2 weeks on the basis of the above time, usually need 4~6 weeks to restore the healing time.
In addition, after anal fistula surgery also need to strengthen the wound care, anal care and diet care is also conducive to postoperative recovery. Mainly include regular wound dressing to avoid infection, pay attention to clean the anus after defecation to keep the local clean, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, to prevent constipation and so on.
The specific recovery time after anal fistula surgery is related to a variety of factors, after the operation if there are uncomfortable symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital for review.