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Topical Therapy is First Line Treatment for Chronic Anal Fissure because of the Risk of Incontinence with Sphincterotomy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Brown CJ, Dubreuil D, Santoro L, Liu M, O’Connor BI, McLeod RS. Lateral internal sphincterotomy is superior to topical nitroglycerin for healing chronic anal fissure and does not compromise long-term fecal continence: six-year follow-up of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. Dis Colon Rectum 2007;50:442–8.

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    David Lubowski M.D.

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Lubowski, D. Topical Therapy is First Line Treatment for Chronic Anal Fissure because of the Risk of Incontinence with Sphincterotomy. Dis Colon Rectum 51, 1157–1158 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-008-9198-3

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