Topical 0.5% nifedipine vs. lateral internal sphincterotomy for the treatment of chronic anal fissure: Long-term follow-up

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Katsinelos, Panagiotis ^a   Papaziogas, Basilios ^b   Koutelidakis, Ioannis ^b   Paroutoglou, George ^a   Dimiropoulos, Stavros ^a   Souparis, Anastasios ^b   Atmatzidis, Konstantinos ^b  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Lateral internal sphincterotomy; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 31544439087     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-005-0766-x     Document Type: Article

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