The steps of perianal abscess electrosurgery include anesthesia, disinfection, performing the procedure, bandaging and other steps.
1. Anesthesia: Patients with perianal abscess can choose local anesthesia, sacral anesthesia, intralesional anesthesia or general anesthesia according to their own situation under the advice of the doctor.
2. Disinfection: After anesthesia, the doctor will disinfect the patient’s skin and perianal area.
3. Surgery: after disinfection, the doctor will make an incision in the center of the abscess, where the fluctuating feeling is most obvious, to clean up the pus and necrotic tissues in the abscess cavity, clean up and carry out the electrocautery after cleaning up, and for the horseshoe shaped abscess, it is also necessary to do the contralateral drainage, and use the rubber strips or threads to do the auxiliary drainage in between the two incisions.
4. Dressing: At the end of the surgery, a dressing or tube is placed, and finally the whole surgery is completed.
After perianal abscess surgery, patients should eat as little as possible for three days, control not to defecate in order to facilitate wound healing, and sleep to prevent pressure on the wound. Eat more vegetables and fruits, avoid spicy and stimulating food, avoid drinking alcohol and so on.
Patients who need to undergo perianal abscess electrosurgery are recommended to undergo treatment under the operation of professional doctors after clear diagnosis in regular hospitals.