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Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids

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    Pier Paolo Dal Monte (MD)

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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)

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    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)

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    Khawaja Azimuddin DO, FACOS

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Dal Monte, P.P. (2009). Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization. In: Khubchandani, I., Paonessa, N., Azimuddin, K. (eds) Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-314-9_24

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