A comparison of open versus closed techniques using the harmonic scalpel in outpatient hemorrhoid surgery

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 689-692

  Sohn, Vance Y ^a   Martin, Matthew J ^a   Mullenix, Philip S ^a   Cuadrado, Daniel G ^a   Place, Ronald J ^a   Steele, Scott R ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCALPEL; SHORT FORM 36; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 47749105278     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.7.689     Document Type: Article

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