CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL SPHINCTEROTOMY IN ACUTE ANAL FISSURE
Keywords:
Anal fissure, lateral inernal sphincterotomy, GTNAbstract
Objective: To compare the outcome and complications of lateral internal sphincterotomy and GTN cream in the
treatment of acute anal fissure.
Material and Methods: The study included all patients presenting to and admitted in Surgical B Unit, Lady Reading
Hospital with acute anal fissure. Name, age, sex, other relevant data, history and examination findings and results of
investigation were recorded. Patients with chronic anal fissure were excluded from study. Patients were divided in
group A (receiving surgical treatment) and group B (receiving topical treatment) with 15 patients in each group.
Healing rates and complication rates were recorded.
Results: Total of 30 patients were treated during one year. Patients in group A showed slightly higher healing rates
and higher complication rate than patients in group B.
Conclusion: Glyceryl Trinitrate is quite effective in healing anal fissure but lower in healing than the lateral sphincterotomy.
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