Evaluating the efficacy of treatments for haemorrhoids: Time for a standardized definition of recurrence?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1449-1450

  Tiernan, J P ^a   Hind, D ^b   Brown, S R ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY LIGATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOPPLER GUIDED HAEMORRHOIDAL ARTERY LIGATION; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ARTERIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84887145657     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12364     Document Type: Letter

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