A review of operative procedures for anal fissure

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 284-289

  Nelson, Richard L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c M/C 957 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS FISSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ERROR; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MORBIDITY; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; FECES INCONTINENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036584789     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(01)00080-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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