Stapled haemorrhoidectomy or Longo's procedure? Two totally different concepts

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 566-567

  Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Lai, J H ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FORCEPS; HAEMORRHOIDOPEXY; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; LONGO TECHNIQUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; STAPLER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS;

HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 26044432264     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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