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Show Notes
Hemorrhoids are common and easy points—but they’re a high-yield shelf exam trap, especially when the question is really testing anatomy, rectal bleeding workup, and when to escalate treatment.
In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep, Chris and Mars break down internal versus external hemorrhoids using the dentate line, the classic “painless dripper” versus “painful blueberry” presentations, and the stepwise management from fiber and sitz baths to rubber band ligation and excisional hemorrhoidectomy. We also cover the seventy-two-hour rule for thrombosed external hemorrhoids, when rectal bleeding needs colonoscopy, and the key distractors like rectal varices and Crohn’s disease.