A prospective, randomized double-blind study on the treatment of anal fissures with nitroglycerin ointment

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Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 713-717

  Weinstein, Daphna ^a   Halevy, Ariel ^a   Negri, Michael ^a   Levy, Ninet ^a,b   Gelertner, Ilana ^b   Ziv, Yehiel ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Chronic anal fissure; Fissure healing; Nitroglycerin ointment; Perianal pain

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; OINTMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 16644402993     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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