Health and quality of life among a cohort of patients having lateral internal sphincterotomy for anal fissures.

Jason M SutherlandA KarimuddinG LiuT CrumpH AkbarT PhangK RedfernS ManoharanC J BrownM J Raval

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)

This study reports that lateral internal sphincterotomy improved pain symptoms without adverse effects on continence. Not all domains of health-related quality of life were similarly positively affected by anal fissure repair.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
healthcare
newly diagnosed
public health
minimally invasive
chronic pain
high grade
mental health
emergency department
neuropathic pain
pain management
robot assisted
physical activity
patient reported outcomes
risk assessment
electronic health record