Hemorrhoidal Disease: A Comprehensive Review

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-117

  Kaidar Person, Orit ^a   Person, Benjamin ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASTRINGENT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLAVONOID; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MINERAL OIL; THEOBROMA OIL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANUS TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIGATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIGATION; PROCTOSCOPY; SCLEROTHERAPY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33845653911     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.08.022     Document Type: Review

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