Oral nifedipine in the treatment of chronic anal fissure

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 452-455

  Aǧaoǧlu, Nazim ^a   Cengiz, Salahattin ^a   Arslan, Mithat Kerim ^a   Türkyilmaz, Serdar ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anal fissure, chronic; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PULSE RATE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141792821     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072715     Document Type: Article

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