Idiopathic hypertensive anal canal: A place of internal sphincterotomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1607-1613

  Farid, Mohamed ^a   El Nakeeb, Ayman ^a   Youssef, Mohamed ^a   Omar, Waleed ^a   Fouda, Elyamani ^a   Youssef, Tamer ^a   Thabet, Waleed ^a   Elmoneum, Hisham Abd ^a   Khafagy, Wael ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anal hypertonia; Incontinence; Manometry; Sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOTULINUM TOXINS; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349431131     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0931-6     Document Type: Article

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