- A unique and comprehensive reference guide to the topic
- Pursues an interdisciplinary approach
- Based on a systematic review of more than 750 papers
- Illustrates methods of conservative and surgical therapy
This highly informative monograph offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary reference guide for the management and treatment of the whole spectrum of painful tears in the anus and anal canal.
Based upon a systematic review of all relevant papers on the topic since 1865, it addresses primary, acute and chronic anal fissures – providing a new definition of the last form – and secondary anal fissures in detail, particularly their medical history, etiology, signs and symptoms, medical findings, therapy and its evaluation, and differential diagnosis. The book also covers all available evidence-based therapeutic strategies.
As such, it will appeal to a wide readership, from proctologists and surgeons to gynecologists, urologists, dermatologists and gastroenterologists.
Table of Contents- 1 Anatomy
- 2 Chronic Anal Fissure
- 3 Secondary Anal Fissure
- 4 Problems of Defining Chronic Anal Fissure
- 5 Epidemiology and Etiopathogenesis
- 6 Signs and Symptoms
- 7 Prevention and Quality of life in Anal Fissure
- 8 Diagnostics and Differential diagnostics
- 9 Historical aspects and Anal Fissure Pathology
- 10 Therapy for Acute Anal Fissure
- 11 Therapy for Chronic Anal Fissure
- 12 Medical Position Statement
