Complications of hemorrhoid surgery

Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-102

  De la Garza, Mauricio ^a   Counihan, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PHENOL;

ANAL STENOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; DIGESTIVE SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY DEVICE HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID LIGATION; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEPSIS; STAPLED HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; STENOSIS; STRICTURE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 84879482247     PISSN: 10431489     EISSN: 15584585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.scrs.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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