NCT07250711

Effect of Anal Lift Exercise on Rehabilitation After Anal Fistula Surgery

Effect of Anal Lift Exercise on Rehabilitation After Anal Fistula Surgery: a Single-center, Prospective, Open-label, Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 124 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Affiliated Hospital of Putian University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This prospective randomized controlled study aims to include patients who have undergone anal fistula surgery, to observe the impact of early postoperative pelvic floor muscle training combined with dietary intervention on postoperative pain, bleeding, anal distension and defecation function, with the goal of clarifying the value of early rehabilitation intervention in the recovery after anal fistula surgery, and providing a reference for optimizing postoperative management plans in clinical practice.

Detailed description

This study is a single-center prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, which plans to include 124 patients aged 18 to 75 years who are scheduled to undergo anal fistula surgery. They will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the observation group and the control group. The control group will receive the conventional postoperative management plan, including dressing changes, anti-infection treatment, pain relief, and basic dietary guidance. The observation group, on the other hand, will, in addition to the above, undergo standardized pelvic floor muscle training and postoperative dietary control intervention from the day of surgery to the fifth postoperative day. The pain score, bleeding score, and anal distension and fullness score of the patients in both groups will be continuously collected on the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth postoperative days. At the same time, the related indicators of defecation will be observed and recorded. The aim is to systematically evaluate the clinical effect of early postoperative pelvic floor muscle training combined with dietary management on pain relief, bleeding control, improvement of anal distension and fullness, and recovery of defecation function in patients after anal fistula surgery, providing high-quality evidence-based basis for formulating more optimized and targeted early rehabilitation management plans after anal fistula surgery.

Conditions

• Kegel Exercises

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Kegel exercises	The patient carried out pelvic floor elevation exercises after the surgery, aiming to accelerate the recovery process and alleviate the pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-06-20
• Primary completion: 2026-06-30
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2025-11-26
• Last updated: 2026-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China