Ligasure™ vs conventional diathermy haemorrhoidectomy: Long-term follow-up of a randomised clinical trial

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 350-353

  Peters, C J ^a   Botterill, I ^b   Ambrose, N S ^b   Hick, D ^c   Casey, J ^c   Jayne, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diathermy; Haemorrhoids; Ligasure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIATHERMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244459624     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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