Topical diltiazem cream versus botulinum toxin a for the treatment of chronic anal fissure: A double-blind randomized clinical trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-22

  Samim, Morsal ^a   Twigt, Bas ^a   Stoker, Lennart ^b   Pronk, Apollo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b Diakonessenhuis Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; DILTIAZEM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CHRONIC DISEASE; DILTIAZEM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84055190570     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318225178a     Document Type: Article

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