Botulinum toxin A with fissurectomy is a viable alternative to lateral internal sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 925-928

  Aivaz, Ohara ^a   Rayhanabad, Jessica ^a   Nguyen, Vincent ^a   Haigh, Philip I ^a   Abbas, Maher ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; LATERAL INTERNAL SPHINCTEROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450252351     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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