Open lateral internal anal sphincterotomy under local anesthesia as the gold standard in the treatment of chronic anal fissures: A prospective clinical and manometric study Esfinterotomía lateral interna abierta con anestesia local como gold standard en el tratamiento de la fisura anal crónica: Estudio prospectivo clínico y manométrico a largo plazo

Background: chronic anal fissure is one of the most frequent proctological disorders in Western populations. Open lateral internal sphincterotomy is one of the therapeutic options accepted as the treatment of choice for chronic anal fissure, since it reduces the hypertonia of the internal anal sphin...

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Main Authors: A. Sánchez Romero, A. Arroyo Sebastián, F. Pérez Vicente, P. Serrano Paz, F. Candela Polo, A. Tomás Gómez, D. Costa Navarro, A. Fernández Frías, R. Calpena Rico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2004-12-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082004001200006