Selected Reading
- Khubchandani IT, Reed JF: Sequelae of internal sphincterotomy for chronic fissure in ano. Br J Surg 76:431, 1989
- Klosterhalfen B et al: Topography of the inferior rectal artery: A possible cause of chronic, primary anal Assure. Dis Colon Rectum 32:43, 1989
- Lock MR, Thomson JP: Fissure-in-ano: The initial management and prognosis. Br J Surg 64:355, 1977
- Loder PB et al: “Reversible chemical sphincterotomy” by local application of glyceryl trinitrate. Br J Surg 81:1386, 1994
- Lund JN, Armitage NC, Scholefield JH: Use of glyceryl trinitrate ointment in the treatment of anal fissure. Br J Surg 83:776, 1996
- Lund JN, Scholefield JH: Aetiology and treatment of anal fissure. Br J Surg 83:1335, 1996
- Lund JN, Scholefield JH: A randomised, prospective, double-blind, placebo- controlled trial of glyceryl trinitrate ointment in treatment of anal fissure. Lancet 349:11, 1997
- O'Kelly TJ: Nerves that say NO: A new perspective on the human rectoanal inhibitory reflex. Ann Rev Coll Surg Engl 78:31, 1996
- Schouten WR et al: Ischaemic nature of anal fissure. Br JSurg 83:63, 1996
- Watson SJ et al: Topical glyceryl trinitrate in the treatment of chronic anal fissure. Br J Surg 83:771. 1996