Treatment of hemorrhoids: A coloproctologist's view

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 9245-9252

  Lohsiriwat, Varut ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Complication; Hemorrhoids; Outcome; Pathophysiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTELY THROMBOSED EXTERNAL HEMORRHOID; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SCLEROTHERAPY; STRANGULATED INTERNAL HEMORRHOID; VARICOSIS; VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEMORRHOIDS; LIGATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIGATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940069576     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i31.9245     Document Type: Article

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