The HubBle trial: Haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for symptomatic second- and third-degree haemorrhoids: A multicentre randomized controlled trial and health-economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 88, 2016, Pages 1-180

  Brown, Steven ^a   Tiernan, Jim ^b   Biggs, Katie ^c   Hind, Daniel ^c   Shephard, Neil ^c   Bradburn, Mike ^c   Wailoo, Allan ^c   Alshreef, Abualbishr ^c   Swaby, Lizzie ^c   Watson, Angus ^d   Radley, Simon ^e   Jones, Oliver ^f   Skaife, Paul ^g   Agarwal, Anil ^h   Giordano, Pasquale ⁱ   Lamah, Marc ^j   Cartmell, Mark ^k   Davies, Justin ^l   Faiz, Omar ^m   Nugent, Karen ⁿ   Clarke, Andrew ^o   Macdonald, Angus ^p   Conaghan, Phillip ^q   Ziprin, Paul ^r   Makhija, Rohit ^s   more..

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE 5 DIMENSIONS 5 LEVEL VERSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID SEVERITY SCORE; HEMORRHOIDAL ARTERY LIGATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUBBER BAND LIGATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VAIZEY INCONTINENCE SCORE; AGED; ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FECES INCONTINENCE; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006062994     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta20880     Document Type: Article

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