Comparative Analysis of Doppler Guided Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation (DG-HAL) & Infrared Coagulation (IRC) in Management of Hemorrhoids

Indian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-277

  Ahmad, Arshad ^a   Kant, Rama ^a   Gupta, Avneet ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Doppler guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation (DG HAL); Hemorrhoids; Infrared coagulation (IRC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880958330     PISSN: 09722068     EISSN: 09739793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-012-0444-5     Document Type: Article

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