LigaSure versus Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy: A prospective randomized clinical trial

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-17

  Sakr, M F ^a,b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Ahmadi Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Hemorrhoidectomy; Hemorrhoids; Ligasure; Milligan Morgan; Prolapse

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77949423195     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-009-0549-4     Document Type: Article

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