Anal endosonographic evaluation after closed lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 598-601

  Garcia Granero E ^a   Sanahuja, A ^a   Garcia Armengol J ^a   Jimenez E ^a   Esclapez, P ^a   Minguez M ^b   Espi A ^a   Lopez F ^a   Lledo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anal endosonography; Anal fissure; Closed lateral subcutaneous sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344625419     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235266     Document Type: Article

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