Stapled hemorrhoidopexy, an innovative surgical procedure for hemorrhoidal prolapse: Cost-utility analysis

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Ribarić, Goran ^a   Kofler, Justus ^a   Jayne, David G ^b  

^a ETHICON INC   (United States)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID PROLAPSE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPLED HEMORRHOIDOPEXY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROLAPSE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 80053444758     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.497     Document Type: Article

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