Hemorrhoids and Fissure in Ano

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 627-644

  Chong, Peter S ^a,b   Bartolo, David C C ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal pain; Constipation; Fissure in ano; Hemorrhoids; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ARGININE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLAVONOID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO;

ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTERY LIGATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DIATHERMY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FLUID INTAKE; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTOSCOPY; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VEIN LIGATION;

FISSURE IN ANO; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS;

EID: 51349118156     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2008.07.001     Document Type: Review

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