Show Me Where Bowel and general surgery Piles, anal fissure and anal fistula

Piles, anal fissure and anal fistula explorer

A 3D picture to support a conversation with the clinical team. It does not diagnose or recommend treatment.

Guide

For the clinical team

Set up from the examination or scan report

Start with normal anatomy. Use the examination, proctoscopy or MRI report to show what was found, then show the treatment your team has discussed. Initial settings are examples: replace them with the report details.

Findings

Findings on the model

Changing a setting below also adds the findings.

What was foundThe settings and treatments below change with what was found.

Where the piles are

The number and places of the piles drawn are an example.

Grade of piles inside of 4

How far they come down: 1 stay inside; 2 come down and go back by themselves; 3 need pushing back; 4 stay outside.

Where the tear is

The back is the most common place.

How long

Long-term means more than about 6 weeks.

Type of fistula

Simple: crosses little or none of the sphincter muscle. Complex: crosses more of it. The path drawn is an example.

Abscess

What was found, where, the grade, how long and the fistula type come from the report. The places of the piles, the path of a fistula and the shapes are schematic.

Views and layers

Use Whole body, Pelvis and Back passage close-up to move closer in the same scene; View from below looks up at the opening. Show / hide controls the body outline, cut-away, muscles, bowel, bladder, tailbone, measurements and labels.

Rectum and anal canalSphincter musclesPiles (haemorrhoids)Tear (anal fissure)Skin tagTunnel (anal fistula)Abscess (collection of pus)Treatment shownThread (seton)

Drag to turn · scroll or pinch to zoom

The opening from below

A schematic view of the opening from below, with the front at the top and the patient’s left on the right, showing the lining, the two rings of sphincter muscle and the finding. This is not the patient’s examination or scan.

In plain words

Key measurements

Values come from the report. The anal canal is an average adult’s; the places of the piles, the path of a fistula and the shapes are examples.

Treatment options

Show the treatment your team has discussed

Choose a picture of the planned treatment. The model does not select a treatment.

Show

Only the treatments for the finding chosen are shown. Draining an abscess and other care are not drawn; your team can explain them.

Share with the patient

Make a picture sheet to send

Set up each view you want, then press Snapshot above the model. You can add up to 4. If you add none, the current view is used.

Prepared for (optional)

Team contact (optional)

Note for the patient (optional)

Include the plain-words summary Include key measurements Include the operation shown Add a page about the body part, life after treatment, support and the words used Add a page explaining the labels in plain English Add a QR code that reopens this picture (holds the model settings only, never the name or notes)

Names and notes typed here never leave this device and are forgotten when you close the page. Check the sheet before sending, and use your organisation's approved secure route.

For the patient and family

Help and support

Words used in clinic and trusted information from the NHS and Guts UK.

Open help and support

This is a simplified teaching model of piles, anal fissures and anal fistulas in an adult. It does not interpret examinations or scans, diagnose, or judge which treatment is right. The places of the piles, the path of a fistula and all shapes are schematic. Important information · Nothing is saved.