Chronic anal fissure: 1994 and a decade later - Are we doing better?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 344-348

  Floyd, Nadine Duhan ^a   Kondylis, Laurie ^a   Kondylis, Philip D ^a   Reilly, John C ^a  

^a Saint Vincent Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Botulinum toxin; Calcium channel blockers; Healing; Nitrates; Recurrence; Sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS PRURITUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; NITRATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33144463886     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.10.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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