Modern approaches to the rehabilitation of patients with chronic paraproctitis in the early postoperative period

Abstract

To study the effect of complex rehabilitation programs used in the early postoperative period on the efficacy of the therapy in patients with pararectal fistulas. The study included 90 patients with chronic paraproctitis, (the average age was 43±3.4 years, the average duration of the disease was 5.1±1.5 years), who underwent a surgery using the modified FiLac technology. The patients were divided into 3 groups (30 patients in each group) depending on the rehabilitation method used during the postoperative period (2 days after the surgery): 1st group underwent a 4-component rehabilitation complex (intravenous ozone therapy, rectal laser therapy, recto-tibialmyostimulation of the pelvic floor muscles and biofeedback therapy); 2nd group underwent a 2-component rehabilitation complex (intravenous ozone therapy and rectal laser therapy); 3rd group has received a standard medical complex, which served as a background in 1st group and 2nd group. Therapeutic efficacy was assessed according to the assessment of pain syndrome (on the VAS scale), the results of anal sphincterometry (the Peritron 9600 device), the incidence of postoperative complications and relapses at different follow-up periods (up to 5 years). A comparative analysis of the nature of the course of the postoperative period, depending on the type of postoperative rehabilitation was carried out. In multiple comparisons using the parametric ANOVA method, it was found that there were statistically significant differences between the 1st group and the 3rd group in terms of pain intensity, duration of pain, the timing of wound healing, the frequency of complications, and the timing of return to work. The results in the 2nd group were slightly lower than in the 1st group, but they also differed significantly from the data of the 3rd group. During the analysis of the early and late p/o complications and relapses in patients with chronic paraproctitis after surgery the most significant were obtained from the 1st group (only 1 case of early p/o complications and relapse within 1 to 5 years), while in the 3rd group there were 2 (6.6%) cases of early p/o complications, 2 cases (6.6%) of relapses within a period of up to 1 year and 6 (20%) cases in the period from 1 to 5 years. In patients of the 2nd group, results close to the results of the 1st group were obtained: 2 (6.6%), 2 (6.6%) and 3 (9.9%) cases respectively. The use of expanded rehabilitation complexes among the patients with chronic paraproctitis in the early postoperative period after surgery, including intravenous ozone therapy, rectal laser therapy, recto-tibialmyostimulation and bifidobac therapy, made it possible to significantly improve therapeutic efficacy, which was confirmed by faster pain relief, fewer early and late p/o complications. The data obtained indicate the need for the use of rehabilitation programs in the early postoperative period for the treatment and prevention of complications after surgery.