The GIQLI is a valuable instrument for measuring quality of life in patients with benign anorectal disorders. Although certain diseases do not seem to affect quality of life profoundly, certain subgroups of patients, most notably those with incontinence and severe constipation, are extremely compromised. Severely constipated individuals exhibit the same poor quality of life as patients with faecal incontinence.

Patients undergoing low anterior rectal resection and coloanal J pouch reconstruction may expect not only better functional results but also an improved quality of life in the early months after surgery compared with patients who receive a straight coloanal anastomosis.

In this clinical S3 guideline, instructions for diagnosis and treatment of anal abscess are described for the first time in Germany.

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These data provide evidence that the Karydakis flap technique might be performed even in potentially infected tissue. Although a considerable number of wound-related complications was observed in the Karydakis flap group, the majority of patients had primary healing. Thus, from our viewpoint, the Karydakis flap seems to be a potential alternative to simple excision in infected pilonidal sinus disease.