The internal sphincter and Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids
β Scribed by B. D. Hancock; K. Smith
- Book ID
- 101739222
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 302 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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## Summary Forty-eight patients treated by Lord's procedure were studied prospectively with preoperative and several postoperative anal pressure recordings over at least 5 years. Excellent long term results were obtained in the patients with first and second-degree haemorrhoids but only just under
## Abstract A combined manometric and ultrasonographic study of the internal anal sphincter was carried out in 20 patients with haemorrhoids and 20 age-matched normal controls. Mean(s.e.m.) basal anal pressure was significantly higher in patients than in controls, 62(4) versus 45(6) cmH2O (P < 0.05