Anterior fissures are much more common in both men and women than previously reported, and constipation and hard bowel movement are not universally present in patients with fissure-in-ano.

This review supports the belief that LIS is a good operation for patients with chronic anal fissure and can successfully be performed under local anesthetic as an outpatient procedure with an acceptable complication rate.

Right hemicolectomy is the treatment of choice for adenocarcinoma of the appendix.

This study demonstrates that the above regimen of chemotherapy has no effect on the healing of colonic anastomoses and that surgery can be performed safely during and shortly after this regimen of chemotherapy.