Ambulatory haemorrhoidectomy - Has the time come?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 183-

  Tjandra, Joe J ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; BACTEREMIA; BLEEDING; CONSTIPATION; CONVALESCENCE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SEPSIS; STAPLER; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TRAINING; URINE RETENTION;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 20944448888     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03382.x     Document Type: Editorial

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