Doppler-guided hemorrhoid artery ligation reduces the need for conventional hemorrhoid surgery in patients who fail rubber band ligation treatment

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-130

  Conaghan, Philip ^a   Farouk, Ridzuan ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler guided hemorrhoid artery ligation; Doppler guided hemorrhoid artery ligation with rectoanal repair; Hemorrhoidectomy; Hemorrhoids; Rubber band ligation

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049109350     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181973639     Document Type: Article

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