Successful treatment of chronic anal fissure utilizing sacral nerve stimulation

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 279-288

  Yakovlev, Alexander ^a   Karasev, Sergey A ^a  

^a APNP Comprehensive Pain Management of the Fox Valley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE STIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SACRUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851497044     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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