Haemorrhoidectomy: Randomised controlled clinical trial of ligasure® compared with Milligan-Morgan operation

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 8-9, 2002, Pages 482-484

  Thorbeck, Carlos Vara ^a,b   Montes, Manuel Felices ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diathermy; Haemorrhoidectomy; Haemorrhoids; Ligasure; Milligan morgan; Postoperative pain; Sphincterotomy; Vessel ligation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASURE TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILLIGAN MORGAN TECHNIQUE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0036918093     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241502321116497     Document Type: Article

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