Abstract

Anal fissure is one of the most common anorectal conditions encountered in clinical practice. Most patients experience anal pain with defecation and minor bright red rectal bleeding, allowing a focused history to direct the evaluation.
This was a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical study conducted on 90 consecutive patients who presented to the general surgery outpatient clinic of Al - Hilla teaching Hospital Babil, between June 2019 and July 2021 were diagnosed with  anal fissure.
Although various non-surgical and surgical treatment meth­ods have been used, an ideal treatment method for acute anal fissure is still debatable. The topical antimicrobial treatment with metronidazole in addition to conventional medical treat­ments is an effective, easy-to-use, safe, fast and comfortable practice that enables further reduction of anal fissure pain and increases the healing rate.