Foam sclerotherapy with Fibrovein (STD) for the treatment of hemorrhoids, using a flexible endoscope

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-240

  Benin, P ^a,b   D'Amico, C ^a  

^a Piove di Sacco   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Piove di Sacco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Hemorrhoids endoscopes; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOSCOPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOSCOPES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36649029105     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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