HAL-RAR (Doppler guided haemorrhoid artery ligation with recto-anal repair) is a safe and effective procedure for haemorrhoids. Results of a prospective study after two-years follow-up

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-44

  Hoyuela, Carlos ^a   Carvajal, Fernando ^a   Juvany, Montserrat ^a   Troyano, Daniel ^a   Trias, Miquel ^a   Martrat, Antoni ^a   Ardid, Jordi ^a   Obiols, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoidal artery ligation; Haemorrhoids; HAL RAR; Minimally invasive surgery; Recto anal repair; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION URGENCY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER GUIDED HEMORRHOID ARTERY LIGATION WITH RECTOANAL REPAIR; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOID PROLAPSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOSCOPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUTURE TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84961774313     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.02.030     Document Type: Article

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