Doppler-Guided Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation: The Experience of a Single Institution

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 803-808

  Szmulowicz, Ursula Maria ^a   Gurland, Brooke ^a   Garofalo, Thomas ^a   Zutshi, Massarat ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial ligation; Circumferential; Hemorrhoids; Mucopexy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955481264     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1460-7     Document Type: Article

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