Long-term follow-up of Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids

86 Patients treated for first or second degree haemorrhoids by Lord's manual dilatation of the anus were followed up for a mean period of 7.2 years. The outcome in the 76 patients traced was satisfactory or good in 76.3%. In only 14.5% was the result unsatisfactory. Lord's anal dilatation is a relatively simple procedure; the results of this study show that it gives good long-lasting results.