Efficacy and safety of botulinum toxin in treatment of anismus: A systematic review
Sameh Hany Emile, Hossam Ayman Elfeki, Hosam Ghazy Elbanna, Mohamed Youssef, Waleed Thabet, Tito M Abd El-Hamed, Basem Said, Ahmed Lotfy
Sameh Hany Emile, Hossam Ayman Elfeki, Hosam Ghazy Elbanna, Mohamed Youssef, Waleed Thabet, Tito M Abd El-Hamed, Basem Said, Ahmed Lotfy, General Surgery Department, Colorectal Surgery Unit, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura City 35516, Dakahlia Providence, Egypt
Author contributions: Emile SH designed the review; Emile SH and Elfeki HA conducted the search and acquisition and analysis of data; Emile SH, Elfeki HA and Youssef M wrote the manuscript; Elbanna HG, Abd El-Hamed TM and Said B contributed to data interpretation, writing and critical revision of the manuscript; Thabet W, Said B and Lotfy A shared in data analysis, drafting and critical revision of the manuscript; all authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset are available from the corresponding author at sameh200@hotmail.com. Informed consents of patients were obtained by the original studies included in the review.
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Correspondence to: Sameh Hany Emile, MD, Lecturer of General Surgery, General Surgery Department, Colorectal Surgery Unit, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Elgomhuoria Street, Mansoura City 35516, Dakahlia Providence, Egypt. sameh200@hotmail.com
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Received: February 29, 2016
Peer-review started: February 29, 2016
First decision: June 16, 2016
Revised: June 20, 2016
Accepted: July 11, 2016
Article in press: July 13, 2016
Published online: August 6, 2016