The acute management of haemorrhoids

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 508-511

  Hardy, Alexander ^a   Cohen, C R G ^b  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute; Haemorrhoids; Piles; Strangulated; Thrombosed

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84907203849     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588414X13946184900967     Document Type: Review

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