Lateral subcutaneous internal sphincterotomy in the treatment of chronic anal fissure: Our experience in 246 patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-147

  Liratzopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Efremidou, Eleni I ^a   Papageorgiou, Michael S ^a   Kouklakis, George ^a   Moschos, John ^a   Manolas, Konstantinos J ^a   Minopoulos, George J ^a  

^a University General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Lateral subcutaneous internal sphincterotomy; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745755058     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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