Idiopathic Hypertensive Anal Canal: a Place of Internal Sphincterotomy

NCT00927849 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2009-06-25

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Summary

Idiopathic hypertensive anal canal is a fact and already exists presented by anal pain aggravated by defecation. It can be managed safely by closed lateral sphincterotomy but chemical sphincterotomy had a minor role in its management.

Conditions

  • Hypertensive Anal Canal

Interventions

PROCEDURE

lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS)

closed lateral internal sphincterotomy was done under local anesthesia at 3 o'clock in lithotomy position reaching up to the dentate line.

DRUG

Glycerin trinitrate (GTN)

All were instructed to apply the GTN ointment 0.2 % twice a day to the edge and just inside the anal canal for 8 week course.

DRUG

botulinum toxin injection (BTX A)

All were injected with botulinum toxin injection (BTX- A) in the left lateral position; anesthesia was not required. A volume of 0.5 ml of dissolved toxin, i.e., 100 u Dysport, is injected in each patient. The injection is given with an insulin syringe fitted with a needle size of 21 gauze and 3.75 lengths. Injection into the IAS, with the patients awake in the left -lateral position in the outpatient clinic in the 3 and 9 o'clock position.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mansoura University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • ayman elnakeeb, MD · Mansoura University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
61 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2008-05-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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