Manometric effect of topical glyceryl trinitrate and its impact on chronic anal fissure healing

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1207-1212

  Thornton, M J ^a,b   Kennedy, M L ^a   King, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fissure; Glyceryl trinitrate; Manometry

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LUBRICATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PRESSURE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 21244436870     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0916-1     Document Type: Article

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