Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy in Anal Fissure

Abstract

Lateral internal sphincterotomy is considered as the gold standard in the management of anal fissure and the study of the consequences and complications of lateral internal sphincterotomy is thus an important and interesting research plan. Present study is to determine the recurrence of anal fissure following lateral internal sphincterotomy. The present study was prospective observational study carried out on patients aged 16 years and above, irrespective of gender, who were diagnosed clinically as anal fissure and attended the surgery outpatient clinic in the Department of General Surgery of a medical college & a tertiary health care center. Anal fissure is a common surgical problem. Since time immemorable, various types of treatment
modalities have been in vogue. Study concluded that a simple operation like ‘Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy’ can easily take care of the extremely painful chronic anal fissure at the other end of the gastro-intestinal tract.