Diltiazem (2%) versus glyceryl trinitrate cream (0.2%) in the management of chronic anal fissure

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 750-753

  Hashmi, Fazila ^a   Siddiqui, Faisal Ghani ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chemical sphincterotomy; Chronic anal fissure; Diltiazem; Glyceryl trinitrite; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRURITUS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 75149137381     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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