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Value of an Anal Dilator after Anal Stretch for Haemorrhoids

Author(s) -

Fernando Hintz Greca,

E Nevah,

M.M. Hares,

M R B Keighley

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107688107400509

Subject(s) - dilator , medicine , anal canal , surgery , anal sphincter , hemorrhoids , randomized controlled trial , rectum

A prospective randomized trial compared anal stretch with or without continued dilatation for three months in 89 consecutive patients with haemorrhoids. Complications of therapy occurred in only 4 patients, 3 of whom had transient incontinence of flatus. When patients were reviewed four months after treatment, only 4 of 44 patients (9%) who used a dilator had not been improved and required additional therapy, compared with 15 of 42 patients (36%) who had anal stretch alone (P <0.02). It is concluded that the use of an anal dilator improves the results of anal stretch.

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