Prospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2024; 30(17): 2332-2342
Published online May 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i17.2332
Transanal eco-Doppler evaluation after hemorrhoidal artery embolization
Roberta Tutino, Tommaso Stecca, Fabrizio Farneti, Marco Massani, Giulio Aniello Santoro
Roberta Tutino, Dipartimento Chirurgia Generale e Specialistica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino 10126, Italy
Roberta Tutino, Tommaso Stecca, Marco Massani, Division of General Surgery 1, Treviso Regional Hospital, AULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso 31100, Italy
Fabrizio Farneti, Division of Radiology, Treviso Regional Hospital, AULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso 31100, Italy
Giulio Aniello Santoro, Tertiary Referral Pelvic Floor Center, Division of General Surgery 2, AULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso 31100, Italy
Author contributions: Massani M and Santoro GA contributed equally to this paper; Tutino R and Santoro GA made substantial contributions to conception and design, data acquisition, data analysis and interpretation; Stecca T and Farneti F made substantial contributions to data acquisition; Massani M made substantial contributions to data analysis and interpretation; Tutino R and Santoro GA drafted the article and revised it critically for important intellectual content; Stecca T, Farneti F, and Massani M also revised it critically for important intellectual content; All the authors provided final approval of the version to be published.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the AULSS2 Institutional Review Board (Approval No. 1286/CE Marca).
Clinical trial registration statement: This study is registered at clinicaltrials.gov. The registration identification number is NCT05627999.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors of this manuscript declare that they have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 statement.
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Corresponding author: Roberta Tutino, MD, PhD, Doctor, Surgeon, Dipartimento Chirurgia Generale e Specialistica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 88 Corso Bramante, Torino 10126, Italy. la.tutino@gmail.com
Received: January 3, 2024
Peer-review started: January 3, 2024
First decision: January 16, 2024
Revised: February 13, 2024
Accepted: March 27, 2024
Article in press: March 27, 2024
Published online: May 7, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: This was a prospective observational pilot study seeking to evaluate the changes in the arterial hemorrhoidal flow after hemorrhoidal artery embolization, and the correlation between the mean systolic peak and the hemorrhoidal bleeding score changes. Embolization was effective in reducing the arterial hemorrhoidal flow in hemorrhoidal disease, however the correlation between flow and symptoms was weak.