Clinical Study

Maintenance Therapy with Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum in the Conservative Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure: Results of a Prospective, Randomized Study

Table 2

Baseline manometric data of 143 analyzed patients (73 in group I and 70 in group II).

Manometric findingsGroup IGroup II valuea

Anal canal length (mm)26.3 (5.0)27.1 (8.4)0.65
High pressure zone (mm)18.1 (5.0)19.2 (6.0)0.43
Mean resting pressure (mmHg)101.3 (13.9)99.8 (10.9)0.47
Mean squeeze pressure (mmHg)123.6 (22.6)120.0 (20.0)0.51
Rectoanal inhibitor reflex (mL)25.7 (2.2)23.2 (2.5)0.54
First initial sensation (mL)25.9 (5.8)27.1 (6.8)0.46
Rectal capacity (mL)219 (30.9)211 (33.9)0.33

Values are expressed as means with standard deviations in parentheses.
aUnpaired -test.