A painless treatment for patients undergoing milligan-morgan haemorrhoidectomy

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-474

  Di Vita, G ^a   Patti, R ^a   Arcara, M ^a   Petrone, R ^a   Davi V ^a   Leo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoidectomy; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LACTULOSE; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTULOSE; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBOS; TABLETS; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 15544364220     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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