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Anal Fissure

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   There is really only one complication of anal fissure to discuss, after atypical fissures have been ruled out, and that is incontinence.  A history of this awareness is presented and the most current data on how common this complication is.  Nothing will be presented about the treatment of incontinence related to anal fissure surgery will be presented because nothing has been published about it.  

a, b, and c are all typical chronic posterior midline anal fissures with a pale base and heaped up edges, d is also a typical pair of fissures located in both the anterior and posterior midlines in a woman

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  1. Epidemiology/Biometry Division, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 West Ashland, Room 956, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Richard Nelson

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  1. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Herand Abcarian

  2. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Jose Cintron

  3. Epidemiology/Biometry Division, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Richard Nelson

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Nelson, R. (2017). Anal Fissure. In: Abcarian, H., Cintron, J., Nelson, R. (eds) Complications of Anorectal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48406-8_5

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