Open AccessTechnical failure of lateral sphincterotomy for the treatment of chronic anal fissure: A study using endoanal ultrasonography
Author(s) -
Farouk R.,
Monson J. R. T.,
Duthie G. S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1365-2168
pISSN - 0007-1323
DOI - 10.1002/bjs.1800840131
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , surgery , anal fissure
Long‐term follow‐up of outcome after lateral internal sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure suggests that the healing rate is in excess of 95 per cent. A group of patients who continue to have symptoms following surgery has been investigated by endoanal ultrasonography to determine its value in determining why sphincterotomy has failed.