Topical nifedipine vs. topical glyceryl trinitrate for treatment of chronic anal fissure

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 805-808

  Ezri, Tiberiu ^a   Susmallian, Sergio ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Glyceryl trinitrate; Management; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; DIPYRONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; PARACETAMOL;

ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROGLYCERIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0038654278     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6660-8     Document Type: Article

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