The effect of topical nifedipine in treatment of chronic anal fissure

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 295-299

  Golfam, Farzaneh ^a   Golfam, Parisa ^b   Khalaj, Alireza ^a   Mortaz, Sayed Saaid Sayed ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; Fissure in ano; Nifedipine; Sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; NIFEDIPINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DILATATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; IRAN; LAXATIVES; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449309380     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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