Efficacy and safety of sclerotherapy with polidocanol foam in comparison with fluid sclerosant in the treatment of first-grade haemorrhoidal disease: A randomised, controlled, single-blind, multicentre trial

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1439-1447

  Moser, Karl Heinz ^a   Mosch, Christoph ^b   Walgenbach, Maren ^b   Bussen, Dieter G ^c   Kirsch, Jan ^c   Joos, Andreas K ^c   Gliem, Petra ^d   Sauerland, Stefan ^b  

^a Suedstadt Surgical Group Practise   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c End und Dickdarm Zentrum Mannheim   (Germany)

^d Chemische Fabrik Kreussler and Co GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foam; Haemorrhoidal disease; Haemorrhoids; Polidocanol; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOAM; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIANAL BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOSCOPE; PROSTATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUBMUCOSAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884989755     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-013-1729-2     Document Type: Article

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