Doppler-guided transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialization for haemorrhoids: Results from a multicentre trial

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages O10-O19

  Ratto, C ^a   Parello, A ^a   Veronese, E ^b   Cudazzo, E ^c   D'Agostino, E ^d   Pagano, C ^e   Cavazzoni, E ^f   Brugnano, L ^g   Litta, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Section of Onco Hematology   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Guastalla   (Italy)

^d Presidio Ospedaliero San Sebastiano di Frascati   (Italy)

^e PO di Vizzolo Predabissi (Milano)   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g Ospedale di Locri   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoidal disease; Haemorrhoids; Multivariate; Prolapse; Rectal bleeding; Transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DOPPLER DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER GUIDED TRANSANAL HAEMORRHOIDAL DEARTERIALIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOSCOPE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENESMUS; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; ADOLESCENT; ANAL CANAL; ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMORRHOIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM; REOPERATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925846032     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12779     Document Type: Article

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