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Randomised controlled trial shows that glyceryl trinitrate heals anal fissures, higher doses are not more effective, and there is a high recurrence rate

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  • E A Carapeti aSt Mark’s Hospital, Northwick Park, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK, bNorth Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London N8 1QX, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M A Kamm aSt Mark’s Hospital, Northwick Park, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK, bNorth Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London N8 1QX, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P J McDonald aSt Mark’s Hospital, Northwick Park, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK, bNorth Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London N8 1QX, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • S J D Chadwick aSt Mark’s Hospital, Northwick Park, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK, bNorth Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London N8 1QX, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • D Melville aSt Mark’s Hospital, Northwick Park, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK, bNorth Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London N8 1QX, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R K S Phillips aSt Mark’s Hospital, Northwick Park, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK, bNorth Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London N8 1QX, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
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Carapeti EA, Kamm MA, McDonald PJ, et al
Randomised controlled trial shows that glyceryl trinitrate heals anal fissures, higher doses are not more effective, and there is a high recurrence rate
Gut 1999;44:727-730.

Publication history

  • Accepted November 4, 1998
  • First published May 1, 1999.
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February 15, 2020

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