Ligasure™ vs. conventional diathermy in excisional hemorrhoidectomy: A prospective, randomized study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 940-944

  Bessa, Samer S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diathermy; Hemorrhoidectomy; Hemorrhoids; Ligasure

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTROTHERMAL HEMOSTATIC DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WOUND HEALING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 44749083587     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9214-7     Document Type: Article

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