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A seton was placed through the internal opening if it could be identified.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty\u2010two patients of median age 41 (21\u201364)\u00a0years formed the study group. Twenty\u2010four (75.0%) had a seton inserted at the initial drainage procedure. The patients underwent a total of 56 operations. The median interval from the initial to the final operation was 5 (2\u201318)\u00a0months with 17 (70.8%) patients having the final operation within 6\u00a0months. In the 8 (25.0%) patients whose internal opening could not be found, 26 operations were required with a median interval from the initial to the final surgery of 11 (3\u201324)\u00a0months. 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