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.
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
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
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
Khalid Pervaiz
Quetta, Pakistan
healing of fissure
healing of fissure after 4 weeks sitz bath
Time frame: four weeks
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