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ArticleUpdates in surgery2026

Polidocanol foam sclerotherapy in hemorrhoidal disease: shifting the focus to symptom relief, safety and repeatability.

Gaetano Gallo, Pierpaolo Sileri, Gianpiero Gravante, International Sclerotherapy Group

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Article in Updates in surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Gaetano GalloColorectal Surgery Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. gallo.gaetano@hsr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1066-4671
Pierpaolo SileriColorectal Surgery Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Gianpiero GravanteDepartment of General Surgery, Azienda Sanitaria Locale ASL Lecce, Casarano, Italy.
International Sclerotherapy Group

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6 · The paper itself

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