title: [Treatment of anorectal diseases].
abstract: HAEMORRHOIDAL DISEASE: Stage orientated treatment of haemorrhoidal disease using conservative and operative measures provides high healing rates with low complication- and recurrence rates. ANAL FISSURE: Muscle relaxing ointments (Nitrates, Ca-channel-blocker) are the treatment of choice for chronic anal fissure. In cases of insufficiency fissurectomy provides high healing rates. ABSCESS AND ANAL FISTULA: Anal fistulae are treated with respect of their involvement of the anal sphincters. Distal fistulae are completely excised reaching high healing rates, proximal fistulae are treated using local flap procedures with healing rates reaching 50 to 80%. ANAL INCONTINENCE: Treatment of anal incontinence is depending on the severity and on the etiology of the disease. The following procedures are used: conservative: improving consistency, physical exercises, electrostimulation Biofeedback-Training surgical: Sphincterreconstruction, Pre-anal Repair, Post-anal Repair, Total Pelvic Floor Repair, Dynamic Graciloplasty, Artificial Anal Sphincter, Sacralnervestimulation, Stoma
authors.affiliation: Enddarm-Zentrum Mannheim. a.herold@enddarm-zentrum.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herold
mesh_terms: D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*