The authors describe their technique and their experience of ambulatory surgical-cryotherapeutic combined, treatment of anal fissure. The data were observed in 35 patients (medium age 37.5); in 16 cases, previous treatments gave no benefit. The surgical treatment was the lateral internal close sphincterotomy according to Notaras, with local anesthesia (personal technique), followed by a fissure curettage with a N protosside cryosound. The results confirm the well known effectiveness of lateral internal sphincterotomy and the validity of ambulatory treatment and of cryotherapy.
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December 2024
Family Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Alexandria, USA.
The VACTERL (vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheoesophageal fistula, renal anomalies, and limb abnormalities) association represents an enigmatic syndrome requiring further study. This report describes a full-term neonate born to a multiparous woman who was found, upon further examination, to have multiple congenital abnormalities, including a bicuspid aortic valve, patent foramen ovale, tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), asymmetric crying facies, microphallus, and a single inguinal testis. The discussion explores environmental and genetic factors that may contribute to this association, as well as similar conditions, such as CHARGE (coloboma, heart defects, choanal atresia, growth retardation, genital abnormalities, and ear abnormalities) syndrome.
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Faculty of Education, Western University, 1137 Western Road, London, Ontario N6G 1G7 Canada.
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Department of Applied Behavior Analysis, Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493 USA.
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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois USA.
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