Stapled haemorrhoidopexy for the treatment of haemorrhoids: A systematic review

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-243

  Burch, Jane ^a   Epstein, D ^a   Baba akbari Sari, A ^a   Weatherly, H ^a   Jayne, D ^b   Fox, D ^a   Woolacott, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular stapler; Ferguson; Haemorrhoidectomy; Milligan Morgan; PPH

Indexed keywords

ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFECATION URGENCY; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOIDOPEXY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE RETENTION; WOUND HEALING;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60549107942     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01638.x     Document Type: Review

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