The role of radiofrequency surgery in the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 548-553

  Filingeri, V ^a   Bellini, M I ^a   Gravante, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b PILGRIM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemorrhoids; Proctology; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEMORRHOIDAL RADIOCOAGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL PARKS HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; FERGUSON HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID LIGATION; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILLIGAN MORGAN HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY CLOSED HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY OPEN HEMORROIDECTOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY SUBMUCOSAL HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SCALPEL; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862676611     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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