title: [Combined outpatient surgical-cryotherapeutic treatment of anal fissures. Our experience].
abstract: The authors describe their technique and their experience of ambulatory surgical-cryotherapeutic combined, treatment of anal fissure. The data were observed in 35 patients (medium age 37.5); in 16 cases, previous treatments gave no benefit. The surgical treatment was the lateral internal close sphincterotomy according to Notaras, with local anesthesia (personal technique), followed by a fissure curettage with a N protosside cryosound. The results confirm the well known effectiveness of lateral internal sphincterotomy and the validity of ambulatory treatment and of cryotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Evangelico Internazionale, Genova.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maturanza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maritato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costanzo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pavero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Battistini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000601:surgery; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged