Outcomes of the Use of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) Laser in the Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure

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Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Anal Fissure
• Interventions: Device: Laser surgery

• Registration Number: NCT03872765
• Lead Sponsor: University of Nineveh

Brief Summary

Outcomes of using CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) laser in the management of chronic anal fissure as an alternative to conventional methods

Detailed Description

The use of CO2 laser in management of chronic anal fissure as a new alternative technique. Interventional study of 236 patients. Comparison to other techniques was made with respect to pain scores and healing time.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-01-14
• Primary Completion: 2014-09-09
• Study Completion: 2014-09-09
• Study First Submitted: 2019-01-13
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-10
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-13
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 236

Inclusion Criteria

• Have chronic anal fissure

Exclusion Criteria

• Acute anal fissure Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients with chronic anal fissure	Laser surgery	Use of laser in surgery of chronic anal fissure instead of the conventional surgical techniques.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain score after surgery (Degree of pain)	3 weeks after surgery	Record pain after surgery on a scale of 1 to 10 (Range 1-10 with 1 being least pain and 10 greatest pain experienced by patients)
Incontinence after surgery	2 years	Lack of control of anal sphincter (Incontinence)
Recovery time after surgery (How many days patient takes to recover)	3 weeks	Time (How many days) for patient to be able to return to normal life activities after surgery