Comparison of surgical and chemical sphincterotomy in the management of acute anal fissures

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-31

  Farooq, Umer ^a   Farooq, Sumaiya ^a   Zahir, Sana ^a   Chaudhry, Abdul Majeed ^a  

^a FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute anal fissure; Chemical sphincterotomy; Surgical sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; STOOL SOFT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SPHINCTEROTOMY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 84875937597     PISSN: 19967195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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