Journal of Advances in Medicine
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Kshar-Sutra—New operative technique for low anal fistulae in infant

1Paediatric Surgery, Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, U.P., India

2Paediatric Surgery, Associate Professor, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, UP., India

*Corresponding author Dr. Sarita Chowdhary Assistant Professor Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, U.P., India Email: saritaimsbhu@yahoo.com

Online published on 23 October, 2018.

Abstract

Anal fistula in infants is a common disease. Although many are recovered by conventional treatment, there are some patients who are not repaired easily. We performed the Ksharsutra method to an anal fistula and report the good result that we obtained.

Keywords

Low anal fistulae, infant, Ayurveda, Kshara sutra