PMID- 36472270 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221207 LR - 20221207 IS - 0043-5147 (Print) IS - 0043-5147 (Linking) VI - 75 IP - 10 DP - 2022 TI - OPTIMIZATION OF PARARECTAL FISTULA SURGICAL TREATMENT. PG - 2412-2415 LID - 10.36740/WLek202210117 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: The aim: To improve the results of treatment of complex PF by the ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: 27 patients with transsphincteric fistulas of the rectum of different complexity have been operated by two methods: by ligature method ("cutting seton") and by the ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT). RESULTS: Results: No early complications were noticed in patients who had been applied the technique of fistula ligation in the postoperative period. The pain syndrome was expressed insignificantly. The rehabilitation period was less than 12 days. Having analyzed the long-term results of the observation period lasting up to 26 months, we arrived at the conclusion that the choice of surgical treatment had little effect on the recurrence rate of pararectal fistula (21.4 and 15.38%, respectively). However, one LIFT patient had gas incontinence within 1 year of surgery in contrast to 4 patients who had had a cutting ligature method having anal incontinence for 1 year and 1 patient - during the observation period. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Ligation of the fistula in the intersphincter tract is an effective sphincter-preserving operation, does not require additional equipment and expensive consumables, is characterized by minimal damage to the anal sphincter and a high percentage of closure of PF (84.6%). The recurrence rate does not exceed 15.38%. FAU - Rosul, Myroslav V AU - Rosul MV AD - UZHHOROD NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UZHHOROD, UKRAINE. FAU - Patskan, Bohdan M AU - Patskan BM AD - UZHHOROD NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UZHHOROD, UKRAINE. FAU - Skrypinets, Yurij P AU - Skrypinets YP AD - UZHHOROD NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UZHHOROD, UKRAINE. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Poland TA - Wiad Lek JT - Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) JID - 9705467 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Rectal Fistula/surgery/etiology MH - Recurrence MH - *Fecal Incontinence/etiology MH - Ligation/adverse effects/methods MH - Anal Canal/surgery MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - LIFT operation (intersphincter ligation) OT - pararectal fistula EDAT- 2022/12/07 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/25 06:00 CRDT- 2022/12/06 06:12 PHST- 2022/12/06 06:12 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.36740/WLek202210117 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Wiad Lek. 2022;75(10):2412-2415. doi: 10.36740/WLek202210117.