Clinical efficacy of two surgical treatment methods for anal fissures in elderly patients / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the clinical efficacy of two surgical methods for the treatment of anal fissures in elderly patients.Methods A total of 138 elderly patients with anal fissures treated at our hospital from January to December 2016 were randomly divided into the conventional method group(69 cases) and the modified method group (69 cases).Patients in the conventional method group were treated with lateral sphincterotomy,while patients in the modified method group were treated with modified longitudinal sphincterotomy with transverse suture.Outcomes of treatment,VAS scores,incision wound infection rates,postoperative voiding dysfunction rates and recurrence rates were compared.Results There was no significant difference in overall effectiveness between the modified method group (98.6％)and the conventional method group(94.2％) (x2=1.8677,P=0.1717).The rates of incision wound infection,moderate postoperative urinary retention and recurrence in the conventional method group(8.7％,42.0％ and 10.1 ％,respectively)were significantly higher than those in the modified methods group(0.0 ％,15.9 ％ and 0.0％,respectively) (x2 =4.3561,11.4061 and 5.4177,respectively,P =0.0369,0.0007 and 0.0199,respectively).At 12 hours after operation,favorable VAS scores and incision healing times were observed in the modified method group,compared with the conventional method group,and the differences were statistically significant(each P＜0.05).Conclusions Modified longitudinal sphincterotomy with transverse suture produces about the same overall effectiveness as does lateral sphincterotomy in the treatment of elderly patients with anal fissures,but it is superior in reducing incision wound infection,moderate postoperative voiding dysfunction,recurrence and pain intensity,and in promoting incision healing.