Sclerotherapy with 3% polidocanol foam for third- and fourth-degree hemorrhoids as "bridge treatment" during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
Sclerotherapy with 3% polidocanol foam for third- and fourth-degree hemorrhoids as "bridge treatment" during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
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意大利COVID-19大流行期间,使用3%聚多卡醇泡沫硬化疗法治疗三级和四级痔疮作为“桥梁治疗”。
DOI:
10.1007/s00384-021-03848-3
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发表时间:
2021-06
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Grande M
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作者:
Lisi G;Campanelli M;Grande S;Milito G;Grande M
In Italy, colorectal surgery has been strongly affected with the vast majority (90%) of operations treating benign diseases, with an estimated overall 12-week cancellation rate of 72%. Little is known on how to best manage patients with benign diseases and the consequences this interruption of care will have in post-pandemic times. Proctologic diseases have social, psychological, and healthcare repercussions for their high incidence and great impact on the quality of life. We decided to treated 10 urgent cases affected from III- and IV-degree hemorrhoids with 3% polidocanol foam in attempt to reduce hemorrhoidal symptoms while waiting for surgery so called “bridge treatment”. During the follow-up no complications were occurred, and all patients had resolution of bleeding and pruritus with a mean VAS of 1 (range, 0-1). This treatment could reduce the bleeding that is the main symptom from which patients suffer and for which they underwent proctological evaluation and surgery. According to our preliminary experience in the impossibility of accessing the surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, ST could be considered as the treatment of choice in those patients who are suffering from grade III- and IV-degree hemorrhoids while waiting for surgery.
影响因子:
9.6
作者:
Nepogodiev, D.;Omar, Omar M.;Poelaert, Jan
通讯作者:
Poelaert, Jan
影响因子:
1.9
作者:
Lobascio, Pierluigi;Laforgia, Rita;Gallo, Gaetano
通讯作者:
Gallo, Gaetano