Role of 0.4% glyceryl trinitrate ointment after haemorrhoidectomy: Results of a prospective randomised study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-369

  Franceschilli, Luana ^a   D'Ugo, Stefano ^a   De Luca, Elisabetta ^a   Cadeddu, Federica ^a   Milito, Giovanni ^a   Di Lorenzo, Nicola ^a   Gaspari, Achille L ^a   Sileri, Pierpaolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glyceryl trinitrate ointment; Haemorrhoidectomy; Haemorrhoids; Pain

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS PRURITUS; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84879463165     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-012-1544-1     Document Type: Article

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