ReviewColorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland2022
Guidelines, guidelines and more guidelines for haemorrhoid treatment: A review to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Review in Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Radiofrequency Ablation for Hemorrhoidal Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Feasibility and advantages of delivering radiofrequency ablation treatment for haemorrhoids under local anaesthesia in the outpatient setting in the UK: our initial experience.Techniques in coloproctology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of short-term outcomes of Endoscopic Super-Hemorrhoidal Banding for mixed hemorrhoids with prolapsed internal hemorrhoids: a retrospective study.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- [Hemorrhoidal disease and stage-dependent treatment (including anal prolapse)].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Latest Research Trends on the Management of Hemorrhoids.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2025Review
- Guideline on haemorrhoids: AGREE-II-Criteria can be applied in different ways?Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Guidelines, guidelines and more guidelines for haemorrhoid treatment: A review to sort the wheat from the chaff.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2022Review
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Abstract
aimGuidelines benefit patients and clinicians by distilling evidence into easy-to-read recommendations. The literature around the management of haemorrhoids is immense and guidelines are invaluable to improve treatment integrity and patient outcomes. We identified current haemorrhoid guidelines and assessed them for quality and consistency.
methodsA systematic search of the literature from January 2011 to October 2021 was carried out. Guidelines identified were assessed for quality using the AGREE II instrument and for consistency in terms of tabulated treatment recommendations.
resultsDuring this period nine guidelines were identified worldwide. The general quality was poor with only one guideline considered of high enough quality for use. In general, expert selection criteria for guideline development groups were vaguely defined. There were inconsistencies in the interpretation of the published evidence leading to variation in treatment recommendations. DISCUSSION: Fewer, higher quality guidelines, with more consistent results, are needed. Particular attention should be given to defining the selection of experts involved.
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