Chinese expert consensus on clinical diagnosis and treatment of anal fissure (2021 edition) / 中华胃肠外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Anal fissure is a common anorectal disease, with anal pain as the main manifestation. Severe anal pain can affect the quality of life of patients. In clinical practice, there are some controversies about the treatment of anal fissure, especially the surgical indications. Improper surgical procedures will even cause anal incontinence. However, consensus opinions on anal fissure have not yet been formulated in China. On the basis of summarizing research progress in this field at home and abroad, combined with expert experience, and according to the principle of evidence-based medicine, the Clinical Guidelines Committee has organized experts in this field to form an expert consensus with 13 recommendations on diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of anal fissure for clinicians' reference.