A retrospective analysis of 93 cases with anorectal abscess in a rural state hospital.
OBJECTIVE
Anorectal abscess is a clinical condition frequently encountered in daily surgical practice and recurrences may occur despite treatment with adequate incision and drainage. The primary aim of this study was to analyze the variables that may have resulted in recurrent anorectal abscess, retrospectively.


METHODS
Ninety-three patients out of 149 patients who underwent surgery for anorectal abscess at our center between 2011-2012 were included in this study. Data regarding age, gender, presence of recurrence, time to recurrence, abscess type, presence of fistula, fistula type, drain usage, length of hospital stay and follow-up duration were retrospectively recorded.


RESULTS
Patients were divided into two groups: the recurrence group and the treatment group. Eleven patients (11.8%) had a recurrence and the median time to recurrence was 3 months. None of the variables evaluated were found to be significantly associated with the presence of recurrence.


CONCLUSIONS
Variables such as age, gender, type of abscess, presence of fistula or drain usage were not associated with the development of recurrence in patients who underwent incision and drainage of an anorectal abscess.
Clinic of General Surgery, Muş State Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
Nezih
N
Akkapulu
Clinic of General Surgery, Muş State Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
Özcan
Ö
Dere
Clinic of General Surgery, Muş State Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
Gökhan
G
Zaim
Clinic of General Surgery, Muş State Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
Hatice Ebru Ayvazoğlu
HE
Soy
Clinic of General Surgery, Muş State Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
Tolga
T
Özmen
Clinic of General Surgery, Muş State Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
Ahmet Bülent
AB
Doğrul
Perianal glands; abscess; recurrence