Selection of the most effective method of lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy in the treatment of fissure in ano
Ektov, V.N.; Nalivkin, A.I.; Khriachkov, A.A.; Lakatosh, K.O.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 136(5): 37-41
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 3750678 Document Number: 283910
Under study were results of treatment of 203 patients with chronic anal fissures operated upon with the use of lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy: 159 patients were subjected to the open variant of this operation, 44 patients--to the closed variant. An analysis of the results has shown advantages of the open technique of the lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy.