Office evaluation and treatment of hemorrhoids

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 366-374

  Alonso Coello, Pablo ^a,b   Marzo Castillejo, Mercè ^a  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIOSMIN; DOBESILATE CALCIUM; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LAXATIVE; LIDOCAINE; NIFEDIPINE; TROXERUTIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DECISION TREES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIGATION; OFFICE VISITS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; SURGICAL STAPLING; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037738943     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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