title: [The surgical treatment of anal fissure].
abstract: 60 patients with relapsing acute or chronic anal fissure underwent lateral internal sphincterotomy between July 1987 and July 1994. 53 of them have been followed up. The results of this treatment are excellent and are in accordance to those of other series. This technique is proposed as a method of choice in the treatment of anal fissure.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Ospedale regionale della Beata Vergine, Mendrisio.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arma
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ghisletta
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome