Isosorbide dinitrate ointment vs botulinum toxin A (Dysport®) as the primary treatment for chronic anal fissure: A randomized multicentre study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages O360-O366

  Berkel, A E M ^a   Rosman, C ^b   Koop, R ^a   van Duijvendijk, P ^c   van der Palen, J ^a,d   Klaase, J M ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Botulinum toxin A; Dysport; ISDN; Isosorbide dinitrate ointment

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; OINTMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OINTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; ANAL CANAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FISSURE IN ANO; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE INHIBITORS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; OINTMENTS; PAIN; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84908465147     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12615     Document Type: Article

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