Medicographia N°139 (Vol 41 – N°2 – 2019)

EDITORIAL

• Hemorrhoidal disease: a very common medical condition in the general population
  P. Godeberge , France

THEMED ARTICLES

• • Hemorrhoids: pathophysiology and risk factors
    V. Lohsiriwat, Thailand
  • Diagnosis and classification of hemorrhoids
    Y.A. Shelygin , Russian Federation
  • Management of hemorrhoidal disease: medical management
    P. Sheikh, India
  • Management of hemorrhoidal disease: a practical approach to outpatient interventions
    F. Seow-Choen, Singapore
  • Management of hemorrhoidal disease: surgical treatments
    M. Wunderlich, Austria

CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION

• • • In your clinical practice, when, in which type of hemorrhoidal patients, and how do you use medical treatments?
      J. Bocobo, Philippines – M.L. Esquivel Herrera, Mexico – A. Karimuddin & A. Farooq, Canada – K. Madbouly, Egypt – C. Tohme , Lebanon – D. Voiculescu , Romania

THERAPEUTIC OUTLOOK

• • Up-to-date data from the CHORUS survey: association of hemorrhoidal disease with chronic venous disease
    H.P. Yaltirik, France