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“Total” Hemorrhoidectomy: The Whitehead Hemorrhoidectomy and Modifications

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Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids

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  1. Ersta Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Mattias Soop

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  1. Penn State University at Hershey Adjunct Professor of Surgery Drexel University at Hahnemann, Philadelphia

    Indru Khubchandani MD, FACS, FRCS (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Allentown, PA, USA

    Indru Khubchandani MD, FACS, FRCS (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  3. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Penn State University at Hershey, Allentown, PA, USA

    Nina Paonessa DO, FACOS (Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery) (Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery)

  4. Houston, TX, USA

    Khawaja Azimuddin DO, FACOS

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Soop, M., Wolff, B.G. (2009). “Total” Hemorrhoidectomy: The Whitehead Hemorrhoidectomy and Modifications. In: Khubchandani, I., Paonessa, N., Azimuddin, K. (eds) Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-314-9_15

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