Telephone follow-up following office anorectal surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 464-466

  Fallaize, Rebecca C ^a   Tinline purvis, Christine ^b   Dixon, Anthony R ^b   Pullyblank, Anne Marie ^b  

^a WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fissure in ano; Haemorrhoids; Rubber band ligation; Telephone follow up

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM SURGERY; REOPERATION; TELEPHONE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 52649149177     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X300975     Document Type: Article

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