Affiliation:
1. Senior resident, Department of General Surgery, New Civil Hospital Surat, Gujarat
2. 3 year resident, Department of General Surgery, New Civil Hospital Surat, Gujarat
3. Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, New Civil Hospital Surat, Gujarat.
4. Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, New Civil Hospital Surat, Gujarat, India
Abstract
Despite being one of the oldest reported medical conditions, the management and treatment of stula in ano are still in the evolving phase. The
management of stula-in-ano requires conrmation of the diagnosis, identifying the stulous tract and inner opening. In majority of patients a
single primary stula tract exists and the anatomy can be determined adhering to the principles described by Goodsall. A thorough clinical
examination of the patient is essential in the assessment of stula-in-ano, sometimes helped by imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging and
Fistulogram. Although Goodsall's rule was accepted in the past, as a method to determine the course of the stula, recent studies showed poor
conicting results. This study is an attempt to review the relevance of Goodsall's rule in clinical practice at a tertiary care hospital in South Gujarat.
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