RESUMO
200 pregnant females with anal fissure and/or haemorrhoids were randomly divided into two equal groups [A] and [B]. Patients of group [A] were subjected to Lord's procedure under local anaethesia immediately after delivery while patients of group [B] were studied as controls. 90.9% of patients with anal fissure and 83.65% of patients with haemorrhoids were rendered either symptom free or experienced great improvement after dilatation. Transient faecal soiling and transient incontinence to flatus were the commonest complications seen following Lord's procedure. However, they rectified themselves spontaneously within 4 to 6 weeks. Lord's procedure is recommended as the method of choice for the treatment of anal fissures and/or haemorrhoids in pregnancy in the immediate post-partum period