Grade 3 haemorrhoidal treatment: Rubber band ligation or haemorrhoidectomy - a prospective study

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 56-61

  Caro, T A ^a   Olona, C ^a   Vicente, V ^a   Goncalves, C ^a   Jimenez, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoidectomy; Haemorrhoids; Rubber band ligation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890574738     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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