Fiber for the treatment of hemorrhoids complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-188

  Alonso Coello, Pablo ^a   Mills, Ed ^b   Heels Ansdell, Diane ^b   López Yarto, Maite ^c   Zhou, Qi ^b   Johanson, John F ^d   Guyatt, Gordon ^b  

^a Hospital Sant Pau   (Spain)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISPAGULA; LAXATIVE; PLACEBO;

BIOSIS; BLEEDING; BLOATING; BRAN; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBASE; FIBER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMORRHOID; HERB; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PLANTAGO OVATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STERCULIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONSTIPATION; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644871796     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00359.x     Document Type: Review

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