title: Lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy for treatment of anal fissure in children.
abstract: Twenty-three children, aged between 8 and 168 months, underwent lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy. All fissures healed by 8 weeks after operation. Two children had recurrent proctalgia and defaecating difficulties after surgery despite a healed fissure. Requirement for stool softener was reduced or abolished in 17 children. The parent-child satisfaction score after operation was more than 70 per cent in 19 of 23 cases. Lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy is an effective procedure in children.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing