Revised morphology and hemodynamics of the anorectal vascular plexus: Impact on the course of hemorrhoidal disease

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-113

  Aigner, Felix ^a   Gruber, Hannes ^a   Conrad, Friedrich ^a   Eder, Jasmin ^a   Wedel, Thilo ^b   Zelger, Bettina ^c   Engelhardt, Victoria ^d   Lametschwandtner, Alois ^d   Wienert, Volker ^e   Böhler, Ulrich ^e   Margreiter, Raimund ^a   Fritsch, Helga ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorectal vascular plexus; Hemorrhoids; Smooth muscle; Vascular sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL VASCULAR PLEXUS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSPERINEAL COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECTUM; VEINS;

EID: 57049188744     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0572-3     Document Type: Article

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