Embolization of the Superior Rectal Arteries for Hemorrhoidal Disease: Prospective Results in 25 Patients

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 884-892.e1

  Tradi, Farouk ^a,b   Louis, Guillaume ^a,b   Giorgi, Roch ^a,c   Mege, Diane ^a,d   Bartoli, Jean Michel ^a,b   Sielezneff, Igor ^a,d   Vidal, Vincent ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Aix Marseille University   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; IOBITRIDOL; XENETIX 350;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FRENCH BLEEDING SCORE; GOLIGHER PROLAPSE SCORE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RECTAL ARTERY; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR RECTAL ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLIZATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RECTUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85046352238     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.778     Document Type: Article

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