[Combined outpatient surgical-cryotherapeutic treatment of anal fissures. Our experience]

Minerva Chir. 1997 Apr;52(4):393-5.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The authors describe their technique and their experience of ambulatory surgical-cryotherapeutic combined, treatment of anal fissure. The data were observed in 35 patients (medium age 37.5); in 16 cases, previous treatments gave no benefit. The surgical treatment was the lateral internal close sphincterotomy according to Notaras, with local anesthesia (personal technique), followed by a fissure curettage with a N protosside cryosound. The results confirm the well known effectiveness of lateral internal sphincterotomy and the validity of ambulatory treatment and of cryotherapy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Anal Canal / surgery
  • Anesthesia, Local / methods
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cryosurgery / methods*
  • Female
  • Fissure in Ano / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged