The hemorrhoid laser procedure technique vs rubber band ligation: A randomized trial comparing 2 mini-invasive treatments for second- and third-degree hemorrhoids

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-698

  Giamundo, Paolo ^a   Salfi, Raffaele ^b   Geraci, Maria ^a   Tibaldi, Livio ^a   Murru, Luisa ^b   Valente, Marco ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Sorgono and Ospedale S Giuseppe   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemorrhoids; Laser procedure; Pain.; Rubber band ligation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS PRURITUS; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID LASER PROCEDURE; HEMORRHOID LIGATION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PAINFUL DEFECATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROCTOSCOPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SYMPTOM; TENESMUS; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ITALY; LASER COAGULATION; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; ITALY; LASER COAGULATION; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960945320     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3182112d58     Document Type: Article

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