how is a fistula generally treated?

Question

Is it possible, stool came out from anal whole as well as treated area of fistula after surgary ?

Answer 1

Depends on the cause: Fistulae caused by Crohn's disease can be treated with medications such as remcade. Others often require surgery or occasionally can be treated by injection with fibrin glue.

Answer 2

Depends: What fistula are you referring to. There can be a fistula in the abdomen or in the peri anal area. Abdominal fistulas are lot more complex to treat. Anal fistulas are of several types and treatment ranges from a simple division of a fistula tract to having a colostomy or a drain and requiring multiple procedures.

Answer 3

Yes: In general they are designed to have fewer irritants and potential allergens. Individually there are some products which are not specifically for babies that also achieve this goal.

Answer 4

Yes, but: You still have to be a wise and informed consumer.

Answer 5

Yes: Although it would be very rare in children and more common as you get older.

Answer 6

Yes: Fistula are not age dependant, but rather depend on the medical cause. There are medical causes which can occur in any age group.

Answer 7

Not common: Gastrointestinal fistulae occur most often as complications of diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease such as crohn's disease, or after bowel surgeries, .

Answer 8

Anal fistula - very: Anal fistula is a very common problem due to infected glands in the anal canal. Other fistulas are rarely seen except as a complication of surgery or a chronic inflammation such as crohn's disease.

Answer 9

Neurologist is fine: Seeing a neurologist is likely adequate and he/she will know when there is a reason to refer the patient to someone else.

Answer 10

Not necessarily: If the stroke is established, i.e., the acute phase is over, then a general neurologist should be satisfactory. Studies have shown that acute strokes have the best results if treated in special stroke centers where stroke neurologists are in attendance.

Answer 11

General neurologist: Is fine. Just make sure you had a good workup in the hospital. Mri scan, mra of the neck vessels and the brain. Or ultrasound of the vessels of the neck and brain (transcranial doppler.) ask your doc.

Answer 12

Surgery: The only treatment for cataracts at this day and age in the USA is surgery.

Answer 13

Surgery: Removal (excision) of cataracts is the treatment of choice.

Answer 14

Surgically: Cataracts are treated surgically. The affected lens is removed usually during a bloodless, laser based operation, and an artificial lens is implanted in its place. Interestingly, vision tends to improve after cataract surgery.

Answer 15

Glasses: Cataract surgery is contraindicated if glasses can correct the visual disturbance. Sometimes only distance glasses are needed, other times only reading glasses are needed, most of the time 3 prescriptions are needed: distance, arms length distance, reading distance. Trifocals, bifocals, and no line bifocals are fine. http://www.guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=10173&search=cataract.

Answer 16

When glasses fail: When glasses fail to correct the vision that is desirable to the patient, cataract surgery is considered. In general, the safest type of surgery is when the lens is removed via ultrasound called phacoemulsification instead of a large incision. In rare situations, a large incision is needed to remove the lens because ultrasound is not safe.

Answer 17

Ultrasound/laser: Today, laser is emerging as an option to assist the surgeon in making precision cuts during cataract surgery. However, ultrasound power must still be used at some point during the surgery. Laser assisted cataract surgery is rare because the technology is so new. Maybe 1-2 centers offer it per city. The addition of adding another tool to this surgery points to more safety.

Answer 18

Laser: Yag laser is used to remove secondary cataracts. This term is used by some insurance and coding books. The real term is posterior capsular opacification. This film appears weeks to years on the implanted lens. Removal takes a few minutes in the office. The person can return to work immediately. Complications are rare.

Answer 19

Diabetes cataract: One must keep in mind that cataract surgery in general is elective, and if diabetes can be best controlled prior to surgery, the outcome tends to be better. Higher incidence of infections, macular edema, worsening of diabetes have all been associated with diabetes. Close follow up post op is suggested.

Answer 20

No stitch surgery: I would not let this be a criteria to choose a surgeon. The best surgeons I have met use a suture to close the wound. This helps prevent infection. Studies have shown that no stitch surgery allows the passage of material into the eye with blinking as the eye is healing for the first 24 hours. The risk of infection is very rare, but i would not want to be the patient without a stitch on my wound.

Answer 21

Cataract surgery: Cataract surgery is usually performed using an ultrasound probe called a phaco tip. Phaco breaks up the cataract into tiny pieces, which are then aspirated from the eye. A newer technique uses a femtosecond laser to break up the cataract. This technique is not available in every city in the USA.

Answer 22

Cataract surgery: Cataract surgery is the surgical procedure performed when the natural lens in the eye becomes opaque ("cloudy") affecting vision. The cloudy lens is removed surgically and replaced with an artificial intra-ocular lens (iol).

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