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I have chronic anal fissures. are they are any ways to heal them?
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May need surgery: You should be seen by a colorectal surgeon. This could be a sign of something else. If itbis chronic fissure, myou may need a sphincterotomy, a surgery where a short segment of the sphincter muscle is cut.
Answered 5/22/2015
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