Doppler-guided haemorrhoidal artery ligation: Long-term outcome and patient satisfaction

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-400

  Wilkerson, P M ^a   Strbac, M ^a   Reece smith, H ^a   Middleton, S B ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler guided; Haemorrhoidal artery ligation; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DILTIAZEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SURGERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER GUIDED HEMORRHOIDAL ARTERY LIGATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249126980     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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