Iraq: A recent study has revealed that the addition of lateral internal sphincterotomy to standard open haemorrhoidectomy ...

How do you treat a recurrent anal fissure, 6 months after adequate lateral sphincterotomy? The patient is a 65-year-old, markedly obese man with no evidence of inflammatory bowel disease. An anal ...

The gold-standard treatment for patients with chronic anal fissure (CAF) is lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS). Few studies have assessed the impact of this procedure with regard to quality of life ...

The management of chronic anal fissure has received renewed interest and has been re-evaluated over the past 20 years. The use of botulinum toxin seems to be a promising and safe approach, ...

Surgical techniques Colorectal surgery may employ many different techniques, such as colectomy, stricture-plasty, lateral internal sphincterotomy, ligation, transanal endoscopic microsurgery, ...

A 2012 Cochrane systematic review (assessed as up to date September 2011, Nelson et al. 2012) investigated non-surgical therapy for anal fissure. A second systematic review of clinical trials ...

SAN DIEGO -- Minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy did not reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis in patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis and pancreas divisum, a sham-controlled randomized ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic sphincterotomy performed before endoscopic biliary stenting may prevent post-endoscopic retrograde ...