Chronic anal fissure. Chronic anal fissure
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: Surgical lateral sphincterotomy group. Patients in Group S received the surgical procedure by a consultant surgeon and part of the internal anal sphincter was dis
Sponsors
CMH Peshawar
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients more than 18 years of age With a chronic non-healing anal fissure more than 8 weeks duration Presenting to the surgical out-patient department for treatment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy Recurrent anal fissures Major cardiac or respiratory disease Unwilling to be included in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean time to complete fissure healing. Timepoint: Assessed weekly after intervention till endpoint of healing or failure of healing after 8 weeks. Method of measurement: Subjective assessment by a surgical consultant. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Median pain scores. Timepoint: Weekly will 8 weeks. Method of measurement: Visual analog pain score by a surgical consultant.;Episodes of bleeding post-procedure. Timepoint: Weekly for 8 weeks after procedure. Method of measurement: Assessment subjectively by.a consultant surgical specialist. | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Public ContactRashid Ali
CMH Peshawar
Outcome results
None listed