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Sphincter

A ring-shaped muscle that relaxes or tightens to open or close a passage or opening in the body. Examples are the anal sphincter (around the opening… 
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Review article: from 1906 to 2006 – a century of major evolution of understanding of gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease
Our understanding of gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease has undergone significant changes over the last century. 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Alimentary tract andpancreas Oesophageal andgastric motility disorders inpatients categorised ashaving primary anorexia nervosa
, 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Treatment of the neuropathic bladder by enterocystoplasty and selective sphincterotomy or sphincter ablation and replacement.
Sixty-one patients with lower urinary tract neuropathy were treated surgically, either to achieve continence or to prevent or… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Local recurrence after sphincter-saving resection for rectal and rectosigmoid carcinoma. Value of various diagnostic methods.
The authors reviewed 51 cases of local recurrence after sphincter-saving resection for rectal and rectosigmoid carcinoma to… 
1983
1983
Is there really sphincter spasm in anal fissure?
To assess sphincter function in patients with anal fissure, anal manometry has been performed in ten patients. Anal resting… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of long-term treatment with cimetidine and antacids in Barrett's oesophagus.
The effect of a long-term treatment (one to two years) with cimetidine (1.6 g per day) and an antacid (Regla pH) was evaluated in… 
1977
1977
Clinical and laboratory assessment of the efficacy of baclofen (Lioresal) on urethral sphincter spasticity in patients with traumatic paraplegia.
A comparative clinical trial with oral and intravenous baclofen (Lioresal) was performed in a homogeneous group of 70 male… 
1969
1969
Repair of anorectal vaginal fistula utilizing segmental advancement of the internal sphincter muscle
~ExPERIENCE and proficiency in managing anorectal problems do not always assure success in the management of anorectal vaginal… 
1954
1954
Sphincters of the larynx.
THE PRODUCTION of sound is not the fundamental reason for the existence of the mammalian larynx, for there are mammals with… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
Surgery of the Oesophagus
  • 1946
  • Corpus ID: 68624890
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