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Hemorrhoids: Their origin and treatment

  • Surgery Of The Lower Colon And Rectum
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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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External and extero-internal hemorrhoids are treated by surgery only.

Internal hemorrhoids may be injected or excised.

Hemorrhoidectomies may be performed in the hospital or the office.

Contrary to our youthful statements, all manner of plugs and tubes are contra-indicated in hemorrhoidectomy.

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  1. New York, New York

    Jerome M. Lynch F.A.C.S., M.D., Vincent Hurley F.R.C.S., M.D. & G. Johnson Hamilton M.R.C.S., M.D.

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  1. Jerome M. Lynch F.A.C.S., M.D.
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From the Lynch Clinic, New York City.

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Lynch, J.M., Hurley, V. & Hamilton, G.J. Hemorrhoids: Their origin and treatment. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 3, 936–939 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999300

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