Results of lateral internal sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure with particular reference to quality of life

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1045-1051

  Menteş, B Bülent ^a,b   Tezcaner, Tugan ^a   Yilmaz, Utku ^a   Leventoǧlu, Sezai ^a   Oguz, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fissure in ano; Lateral internal sphincterotomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FECES INCONTINENCE QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIANAL ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745960770     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0527-0     Document Type: Article

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