Endosonographic and manometric assessment of the internal anal sphincter in patients with chronic anal fissure;Estudio ecográfico y manométrico del esfínter anal interno en individuos con fisura anal crónica

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Pascual, Marta ^a   Courtier, Ricard ^a   Gil, María José ^a   Puig, Sonia ^a   Serrano, Alejandro ^a   Andreu, Montserrat ^a   Pera, Miguel ^a   Grande, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic anal fissure; Endoanal ultrasonography; Internal anal sphincter; Manometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645452460     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(05)70799-5     Document Type: Article

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