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Case #5 -
A healthy 33 year old with rectal bleeding

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
7.) What are the indications for surgical treatment?

Indications for surgical treatment:

  • Large Grade 3 and 4 hemorrhoids that cannot be managed on an outpatient basis

  • Mixed hemorrhoids with an external anoderm component that are not amenable to ligation

  • Acutely thrombosed, incarcerated hemorrhoids with severe pain and impending gangrene
 
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