Clinical Trial: Comparison of Treatment Success of Botox Injection in the Internal Sphincter Versus Isosorbidedinitrate Ointment in Patients With an Anal Fissure

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Botulin Toxin Versus Isosorbidedinitrate Ointment in Treatment Anal Fissure; A Prospective, Blinded, Randomized Trial

Brief Summary: The standard treatment of anal fissure in the netherlands (ISDN ointment) is being compared to a relatively new treatment (injection of Botox in the internal anal sphincter). The study hypothesis is that after 4 months, Botox has healed more patients than ISDN. The comparison is done blinded for the surgeon and the patient.