OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short-term outcomes of hemorrhoidectomy performed using the LigaSure vessel sealing device (Valleylab, Boulder, Colorado) or the conventional approach. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EMBASE, Ovid, and Cochrane databases for studies published between 2002 and 2006. STUDY SELECTION Randomized controlled trials published between 2002 and 2006 comparing short-term outcomes for ...

Introduction: there is no consensus on the ideal anesthesia for hemorrhoidectomy in ambulatory facilities. spinal anesthesia and venous propofol associated with local perianal block (combined anesthesia) are frequently used, and their direct costs may be crucial for the anesthesia type selection. the objective of this study was to compare the direct costs of anesthesia-related materials in hemo...

Mucoceles are commonly associated with the appendix and cranial sinuses. Rectal mucoceles are rare. There are case reports of rectal mucoceles following Hartmann’s procedure, and secon dary to high anal sphincter tone following spinal trauma. [1,2] Mucoceles have developed in defunctioned colon after pull-through surgery due to stenosis and retraction of the colonic stump [3,4]. Scarring of the...

Over the past 11 years (1974 to 1985) ten patients with perianal Paget's disease were treated. The average age was 64 years and half were male. Two patients were diagnosed as an incidental finding after hemorrhoidectomy and the remainder presented with a symptomatic perianal rash (itching and moisture) that averaged two years in duration. Physical examination in these patients demonstrated char...

BACKGROUND Many researchers studied human Papillomavirus infection in the anal area supposing it represents a risk factor for precursor lesions of anal cancer. AIM To study the association between histological findings suggestive of injury by the virus in hemorrhoidectomy specimens. METHOD Prevalence study was carried out based on histopathological analysis of hemorrhoidectomy specimens to ...

BACKGROUND: Hemorrhoids are a common problem faced in the surgical practice that cause variety of symptoms ranging from bleeding per rectum to prolapsed, non-reducible and painful anal masses. Therefore, hemorrhoidectomy is one most frequently performed procedures worldwide. AIM: In this study, we will compare between conventional method LigaSure™ hemorrhoidectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All 120...

UNLABELLED THE AIM OF THE STUDY was to evaluate the results of the treatment of internal hemorrhoids and anal mucosal prolapse using elastic band ligation and to compare this method to chosen surgical procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 648 patients (363 males and 285 females). 474 patients were treated using an elastic band ligature and 174 patients underwent surgical hemorrh...

Aim To evaluate cost-effectiveness of stapled hemorrhoidectomy comparing its results with conventional technique. Source of data We retrospectively analyzed the MEDLINE data basis from 2000 to 2004 studying randomized clinical trials which compared pain intensity, recovery period, return to work and occurrence of anal incontinence, in addition to postoperative complications and costs evaluation...