Sitz Bath vs no Sitz Bath in Acute Anal Fissure Treatment
- Conditions
- Pain, Postoperative
- Interventions
- Other: Sitz Bath
- Registration Number
- NCT05666648
- Lead Sponsor
- Combined Military Hospital Quetta
- Brief Summary
To compare the efficacy of 'sitz bath' and 'no sitz bath' treatment in terms of pain improvement, rate of cure and fissure healing in Acute Anal Fissure.
- Detailed Description
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy of 'sitz bath' and 'no sitz bath' treatment in terms of pain improvement, rate of cure and fissure healing in Acute Anal Fissure.
Study Design Randomized Controlled Trial Place and Duration of Study Department of Surgery Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, from15 January 2019 to 15 August 2021.
Patients and Methods Individual patients were randomized to either receive 'sitz baths' or 'no sitz baths' treatment for 4 weeks. Patients were asked to have 'sitz bath' once in morning and again at bedtime, after each week pain scores and healing of fissure were assessed. Main outcome measures were validated.
Keywords Acute anal fissure, pain, sitz bath
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- Patients of acute anal fissure of both genders between 18 to 60 years
- While the patients with history of recurrent fissure, chronic anal fissure, pregnant woman and patients who were operated previously for any anorectal pathology were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Sixty patients completed trial in two groups Sitz Bath -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method healing of fissure four weeks healing of fissure after 4 weeks sitz bath
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Khalid Pervaiz
🇵🇰Quetta, Pakistan