Cut or paste? The use of glyceryl trinitrate paste in the treatment of acute and chronic anal fissure

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-21

  Ward, David I ^a   Miller, Brian J ^a   Schache, David J ^a   Cohen, Jon R ^a   Theile, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Glyceryl trinitrate; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033967556     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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