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Clinical, Manometric,and Ultrasonographic Results of Pneumatic Balloon Dilatation vs. Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy for Chronic Anal Fissure: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial
http://www.colonproctologia.eu/Pubblicazioni_Scientifiche_files/PBD%20vs%20LIS%20in%20DCR.pdf

hey There, So I was perusing the Yahoo group "anal fissures" and came across a whole bunch of old messages about self dilation using anal dilator kits. Anyways, it seems some people have found this to work, but they have to keep it up every so often as a 'maintenance' thing. ...

Hello All….I had many responses to my post as well as messages about this form of Anal Dilatation. First and foremost, it is not the old “lords stretch” where the CRS puts fingers in you and pulls. As I said, I would never, ever have that. That is why AD’s got such a bad rap. This standardized metho...

I just got back from my CRS appointment, he was the 2nd 1 i have seen and i feel more comfortable with his skills i guess. He said to me that since mine started from child birth i should try the stretch. he said its a 85% sucess rate as a Lis is 95%. he also said that the recovery is about the same ...

... me if it was ok to try a digital exam and said at the first sign of any pain he would stop. He didn't get very far :D . He scheduled me for a mild dilation/stretch on the 12th January, in fact he was a little cross that nobody seemed to have done anything before then and felt that I had suffered ...