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Decreased blood flow to the posterior anal canal shown during Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation explains anodermal ischemia in anal fissure

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Trilling, B., Pflieger, H. & Faucheron, J.L. Decreased blood flow to the posterior anal canal shown during Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation explains anodermal ischemia in anal fissure. Tech Coloproctol 21, 411–412 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-017-1636-6

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