title: Long-term follow-up of Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids.
abstract: 86 Patients treated for first or second degree haemorrhoids by Lord's manual dilatation of the anus were followed up for a mean period of 7.2 years. The outcome in the 76 patients traced was satisfactory or good in 76.3%. In only 14.5% was the result unsatisfactory. Lord's anal dilatation is a relatively simple procedure; the results of this study show that it gives good long-lasting results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged