Definitive therapy for internal hemorrhoids - New opportunities and options

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-26

  Ohning, Gordon V ^a   Machicado, Gustavo A ^a   Jensen, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorectal symptoms; Electrocoagulation; Infrared coagulation; Rubber band ligation; Sclerotherapy; Symptomatic internal hemorrhoids; Thermocoagulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; WELLBEING; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 67449087209     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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