Sonographic appearance of anal cushions of hemorrhoids

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 3664-3674

  Aimaiti, Adilijiang ^a   A Ba Bai Ke Re, Ma Mu Ti Jiang ^a   Ibrahim, Irshat ^b   Chen, Hui ^a   Tuerdi, Maimaitituerxun ^b   Mayinuer, M ^a  

^a XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The First People s Hospital of Kashi Area   (China)

Author keywords

Anal cushion; Hemorrhoids; Sonography; Transperianal; Transrectal; Transvaginal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMORRHOID; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSPERIANAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREITZ MUSCLE; VEIN DILATATION; ANAL CANAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019738112     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i20.3664     Document Type: Article

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