Analgesic Effectiveness and Improvement in Quality of Life after Using Topical Sevoflurane for an Extremely Painful Anal Fissure

Painful anal fissures could be distressing conditions that severely impair the patients' quality of life. The analgesic effectiveness of topical drugs, such as calcium-antagonists and nitrates is quite variable. The inhalational anesthetic sevoflurane is being repurposed as a topical analgesic...

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Main Authors: Jesús Cifuentes-Tébar, Juan Luis Rueda-Martínez, Carmen Selva-Sevilla, Manuel Gerónimo-Pardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1724067