Audit of topical glyceryl trinitrate for treatment of fissure-in-ano

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-30

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Radley, S ^a   Morton, D G ^a   Dorricott, N J ^b   Campbell, D J ^b   Keighley, M R B ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Glyceryl trinitrate; Lateral sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TELEPHONE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033958405     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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