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Hemorrhoids

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Benign Anorectal Disorders

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Hemorrhoids are symptomatic dilated anal cushions. These cushions consist of thickened submucosa, sinusoids, elastic and connective tissue, and some smooth muscle fibers. The hemorrhoidal disease should be reserved for those anal cushions which are abnormal and symptomatic. The word “hemorrhoid” is derived from the Greek words, haem (blood) and rhoos (flowing), meaning flowing of blood. The word “pile” means pill or a ball. So we should call this disease piles when the patient complains of a swelling and hemorrhoids when the presenting symptom is bleeding.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India

    P. Sivalingam

  2. Govt. Rajaji Hospital Madurai, Madurai, India

    P. Sivalingam

  3. Career Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS), Bhopal, India

    Rama Kant

  4. SIPS Superspeciality Institute, Lucknow, India

    Rama Kant

  5. Piles To Smiles Clinic, Lucknow, India

    Rama Kant

  6. Department of Surgery, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, India

    Rama Kant

  7. Gandhi Memorial and Associated Hospitals, Lucknow, India

    Rama Kant

  8. Department of Surgery, GRIPMER, New Delhi, India

    Vijay Arora

  9. Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Colorectal Clinic, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Vijay Arora

  10. Department of Surgery, Bhatia Hospital, Tardeo, India

    Pravin Padmakumar Gore

  11. Global Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

    Pravin Padmakumar Gore

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Sivalingam, P., Kant, R., Arora, V., Gore, P.P. (2016). Hemorrhoids. In: Chowdri, N., Parray, F. (eds) Benign Anorectal Disorders. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2589-8_3

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