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Results of whitehead operation

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Eighty-four patients underwent the Whitehead procedure for extensive hemorrhoids. Early postoperative complications, excluding urinary difficulties, developed in six patients. Long-term results were within an acceptable range.

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  1. State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

    Moti Khubchandani M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S.

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Khubchandani, M. Results of whitehead operation. Dis Colon Rectum 27, 730–732 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554601

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