A prospective study of outcome from rubber band ligation of piles

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-148

  Longman, Rob J ^a,b   Thomson, W H F ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoids; Piles; Rubber band ligation

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOSCOPY; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644855864     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00873.x     Document Type: Review

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