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sea_corel · Credits: 11961 My Scrapbook My Reading List 7 Books

Regarding anal fissures all are true except:

a. 10% occur in the posterior midline

b. Multiple fissures suggest a diagnosis of tuberculosis or Crohn's Disease

c. 50% of acute fissures heal with the use of a bulking agent

d. Sphincterotomy has a success rate of over 90%

e. Sphincterotomy is associated with minor faecal incontinence in over 15% of patients

sd04 · Credits: 4237 My Scrapbook My Reading List 9 Books

option (a)is false as the most common location for an anal fissure in both men and women (90% of all fissures) is the midline posteriorly in the anal canal....

paddy241981 · Credits: 1628 My Scrapbook

DOESNT LATERAL LOCATION SUGGEST MALIGNANCY TB OR CROHNS

skouloukoudi · Credits: 477 My Scrapbook

a. 90% occur in the posterior midline

jabby · Credits: 3703 My Scrapbook

90% OCCUR IN POST MID LINE.

dr_bluebird · Credits: 328 My Scrapbook

b d ? e are right answers

drbalaji · Credits: 227 My Scrapbook

no doubt the answer is a..... all the above posts are right......the percentages may vary slightly but the rest of info is there in shackelford's surgery 5th ed....

OBAMA · Credits: 1833 My Scrapbook

OPTION A

anavrin_kaerf · Credits: 4114 My Scrapbook

option a

ZiadSurg · Credits: 140 My Scrapbook

Answer is A

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