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We aimed to report the recurrence rate following incision and drainage alone (I&amp;D) compared to incision and drainage with laying open of the fistula (I&amp;DF) and to determine the value of MCS in perianal abscess management.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Following ethical approval (16326Q), a 10\u2010year (2007\u20132017) review of children younger than 1 year presenting with a perianal abscess was performed. Presence of a fistula was sought in all patients. Data are presented as number of cases (%), median (range) and analysed using Fisher's exact test and Mann\u2013Whitney <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic>\u2010test. <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2010values of &lt;0.05 were considered significant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified 108 patients (107 (99.1%) males) with 111 abscesses (three bilateral); 26 in I&amp;D group and 85 in I&amp;DF group. Initial abscess occurred to the right of midline in 64 cases (58%) and to the left of midline in 47 cases (42%). Twenty\u2010two (20%) recurred after 30 (6\u2013372) days. Sixty\u2010five (59%) had MCS performed. Recurrence was higher in I&amp;D group (9\/26) versus I&amp;DF group (13\/85) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.04 (relative risk 2.2, 95% confidence interval 1.0\u20134.5)). There was no difference in recurrence within each group between patients with or without MCS (I&amp;D group, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.1; I&amp;DF group, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.3).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The recurrence of surgically managed perianal abscess is lower when a fistula is identified and laid open at the initial operation. 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