Prospective clinical trial comparing sphincterotomy, nitroglycerin ointment and xylocaine/lactulose combination for the treatment of anal fissure

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Karamanlis, E ^a   Michalopoulos, A ^a   Papadopoulos, V ^a,b   Mekras, A ^a   Panagiotou, D ^a   Ioannidis, A ^a   Basdanis, G ^a   Fahantidis, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Nitroglycerin; Sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LACTULOSE; LIDOCAINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OINTMENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HUMANS; LACTULOSE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79953318854     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-010-0610-3     Document Type: Article

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