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Lateral Sphincterotomy: An Appraisal with Special Reference to Sequelae
Author(s) -
Hardy K. J.,
Cuthbertson A. M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1969.tb05566.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery
Lateral sphincterotomy was introduced in the hope that it would give fewer side‐effects than a midline posterior sphincterotomy for anal fissure. This study is a follow‐up of 17 patients who underwent lateral sphincterotomy .