Surgical internal sphincterotomy has a higher healing rate and a lower recurrence rate than intrasphincteric injection of botulinum toxin in the treatment of uncomplicated chronic anal fissure. Injection of botulinum toxin, however, is a simple noninvasive technique that avoids the greater risk of incontinence. It could be used as the first therapeutic approach in patients without clinical risk factors of recurrence.
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