The HubBLe trial: haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for haemorrhoids

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tiernan, Jim ^a   Hind, Daniel ^b   Watson, Angus ^c   Wailoo, Allan J ^b   Bradburn, Michael ^b   Shephard, Neil ^b   Biggs, Katie ^b   Brown, Steven ^d  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoidal artery ligation; Haemorrhoids; Rubber band ligation; Surgical randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID LIGATION; HEMORRHOIDAL ARTERY LIGATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; RECURRENCE; RUBBER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867747915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-153     Document Type: Article

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