Safety and effectiveness of saving sphincter procedure in the treatment of chronic anal fissure in female patients

Abstract Introduction Lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS) is still the approach of choice for the treatment of chronic anal fissure (CAF) regardless to the internal anal sphincter tone but it is burdened by high risk post-operative faecal incontinence (FI). In female patient there are some anatomi...

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Main Authors: Beatrice D’Orazio, Girolamo Geraci, Sebastiano Bonventre, Dario Calì, Gaetano Di Vita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01346-5