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ReviewClinics in colon and rectal surgery2016

Anal Fissure.

Jennifer Sam Beaty, M Shashidharan

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Review in Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2021
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  15. [Chronic anal fissure-Cremes or surgery?]Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer Sam BeatyDepartment of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medicine, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Omaha, Nebraska.
M ShashidharanDepartment of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medicine, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Omaha, Nebraska.
Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anal fissure (fissure-in-ano) is a very common anorectal condition. The exact etiology of this condition is debated; however, there is a clear association with elevated internal anal sphincter pressures. Though hard bowel movements are implicated in fissure etiology, they are not universally present in patients with anal fissures. Half of all patients with fissures heal with nonoperative management such as high fiber diet, sitz baths, and pharmacological agents. When nonoperative management fails, surgical treatment with lateral internal sphincterotomy has a high success rate. In this chapter, we will review the symptoms, pathophysiology, and management of anal fissures.

Indexed as

anal fissureanal painsphincterotomy

Identifiers

PMID26929749
PMCPMC4755763
OpenAlexW4255858509

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