Botulinum toxin injection versus internal anal sphincterotomy for the treatment of chronic anal fissure

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-142

  Massoud, Baghai Wadji ^a   Mehrdad, Vahedian ^b   Baharak, Tolooie ^b   Alireza, Zohoor ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INJECTION; IRAN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744417305     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.140     Document Type: Article

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