Doppler-guided haemorrhoidal artery ligation, rectoanal repair, sutured haemorrhoidopexy and minimal mucocutaneous excision for grades III-IV haemorrhoids: A multicenter prospective study of safety and efficacy

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-134

  Theodoropoulos, G E ^a   Sevrisarianos, N ^b   Papaconstantinou, J ^c   Panoussopoulos, S G ^a   Dardamanis, D ^a   Stamopoulos, P ^a   Bramis, K ^c   Spiliotis, J ^d   Datsis, A ^d   Leandros, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Creta Interclinic Medical Center   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

DGHAL; Doppler guided haemorrhoidal artery ligation; Haemorrhoidal artery ligation; Haemorrhoids; RAR; Rectoanal repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SURGERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER GUIDED HEMORRHOIDAL ARTERY LIGATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL MUCOCUTANEOUS EXCISION; MUCOPEXY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOANAL REPAIR; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SKIN INCISION; SUTURED HEMORRHOIDOPEXY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77952125622     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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