Open vs. closed sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure: Long-term results

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 440-443

  Garcia Aguilar, Julio ^a,b   Belmonte, Carlos ^a   Wong, W Douglas ^a   Lowry, Ann C ^a   Madoff, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Incontinence; Sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029871295     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054061     Document Type: Article

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