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Treatment of anal fissures using a combination of minoxidil and lignocaine: a randomized, double-blind trial.

Rajakannu R Muthukumarassamy, Smile S SS Robinson, Sistla Chandra SC Sarath, and R R Raveendran

Indian J Gastroenterol 24(4):158-60 (2005) PMID 16204903

Anal fissures are associated with hypertonia of the internal anal sphincter and pain. We evaluated the efficacy of local application of a combination of minoxidil and lignocaine in healing anal fissures.

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