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Abstract

  • An anal fissure is a linear or oval tear distal to the dentate line that can be extremely painful with bowel movements and may lead to bright red blood per rectum.

  • The estimated prevalence is inaccurate as many people with an anal fissure never seek medical treatment.

  • Anal fissures occur equally in men and women and tend to occur in younger patients (mean age 40 years).

  • 75 % are located in the posterior midline, but anal fissures can be seen anteriorly in 25 % of women and 8 % of men. Three percent can have both anterior and posterior fissures.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

    Rocco Ricciardi MD, FACS, FASCRS

  2. Division of Colorectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Sharon L. Dykes MD

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 450, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Robert D. Madoff MD, FACS

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  1. Rocco Ricciardi MD, FACS, FASCRS
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  2. Sharon L. Dykes MD
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  3. Robert D. Madoff MD, FACS
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Correspondence to Robert D. Madoff MD, FACS .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    David E. Beck

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA

    Steven D. Wexner

  3. Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Tracy L. Hull

  4. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Roberts

  5. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center Professor of Surgery, Head, Maywood, Illinois, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides

  6. Chairman, Surgical Disciplines, Central Michigan University School of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA

    Anthony J. Senagore

  7. Department of Surgery John E. Connolly Chair, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA

    Michael J. Stamos

  8. University of Washington Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA

    Scott R. Steele

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Ricciardi, R., Dykes, S.L., Madoff, R.D. (2014). Anal Fissure. In: Beck, D., et al. The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8450-9_12

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