Ajmal Farooq, Zahid Niaz.
Comparative study of lateral Internal Sphincterotomy verses Topical Glyceryl Trinitrate for treatment of fissure-in-Ano
Ann King Edward Med Coll Oct - Dec 2003;9(4):278-81.
Department of Surgery. Lahore General Hospital, Lahore

This prospective randomized interventional study was carried in one of surgical unit of Lahore General Hospital Lahore from 1st January 2002 to 30, December 2002 a total number of 100 patients with both acute and chronic anal fissure were taken and randomly divided in two groups. Group A was treated with 0.2% GTN for 6 weeks and Group B was treated with lateral internal closed Sphincterotomy a follow up after 0, 2nd, 61h weeks and even after 6 months carried out. Peak incidence of disease was observed between 30 and 40 years of age with 56 males and 44 females. 24% patients were with acute fissure and 76% with chronic fissure. In this study with 0.2% GTN overall healing rate of 66.66% for acute fissure and 63.15% for chronic anal fissure was observed. GTN was found less effective in healing the fissure but some what good for initial symptomatic improvement in its comparison 100% healing was observed with lateral internal sphincterotomy with only 10% transient incontinence for flatus. So it was concluded that lateral internal sphincterotomy is superior to GTN and is the procedure of choice for fissure in ano.

Category: Surgery
Keywords: Anal Fissure. Sphincterotomy. Anus. Glyceryl Trinitrate.

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