Value of an anal dilator after anal stretch for haemorrhoids
| Autor: | F. Greca, E. Nevah, M. Hares, Michael R. B. Keighley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Additional Therapy Anal Canal Hemorrhoids law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Postoperative Complications Randomized controlled trial law Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 030223 otorhinolaryngology Postoperative Care Clinical Trials as Topic Anal stretch business.industry General Medicine Anal canal Middle Aged medicine.disease Dilatation Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Dilator Female business After treatment Research Article |
| Popis: | A prospective randomized trial compared anal stretch with or without continued dilatation for three months in 89 consecutive patients with haemorrhoids. Complications of therapy occurred in only 4 patients, 3 of whom had transient incontinence of flatus. When patients were reviewed four months after treatment, only 4 of 44 patients (9%) who used a dilator had not been improved and required additional therapy, compared with 15 of 42 patients (36%) who had anal stretch alone (P |
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