Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Khubchandani, Indru. (Editor), Paonessa, Nina. (Editor), Azimuddin, Khawaja. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Endocrinology.; Colon (Anatomy) > Surgery.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Colorectal Surgery.; Proctology.; General Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-314-9

Following on from the hugely successful Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids, the second edition not only updates on information from the previous edition, but also has the added bonus of extra material such as the inclusion of specialist knowledge on recent innovations in the area of hemorrhoid treatm...

Table of Contents:

• Surgical History of Hemorrhoids
• Anatomy and Development of Hemorrhoids
• Pathophysiology of Hemorrhoids and the Consequences for Surgical Treatment
• Diagnosis
• Indications for Intervention
• Non-Invasive Therapy
• Anal Dilation Treatment
• Sclerotherapy
• Rubber Band Ligation
• Treatment by Infrared Thermocoagulation
• Open Hemorrhoidectomy (St Marks Milligan-Morgan Technique)
• Closed Hemorrhoidectomy (Ferguson Technique)
• The Treatment by Submucosal Hemorrhoidectomy (Parks Method)
• Circular Stapler Anopexy for Prolapsing Hemorrhoids
• Total Hemorrhoidectomy
• Pre-, Peri- and Post-operative Management
• The Operative Treatment by, and Results of, Diathermy Hemorrhoidectomy
• Laser Hemorrhoidectomy
• Cryotherapy
• Complications of Surgical Hemorrhoidectomy
• Contraindications to Hemorrhoidectomy
• Management of Hemorrhoid Complications. Thrombosis, Fissure-in-ano, Recurrence
• Treatment of Hemorrhoids Complicated by Co-morbidity
• Day Case Hemorrhoidectomy
• Landmarks in the History of Hemorrhoids.