PURPOSE This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and outcome of the Starion and Ligasure vessel sealing systems for sutureless hemorrhoidectomy. METHODS Sixty-four patients with Grades III and IV hemorrhoids were randomized into two groups: 1) Starion hemorrhoidectomy (32 patients), and 2) Ligasure hemorrhoidectomy (32 patients). The patient demographics, operative details, numbers of...

Surgical treatment is considered to be the best therapeutic modality for third and fourth-degree hemorrhoidal disease. Many different methods of hemorrhoidectomy aim to decrease pain, and complications. The aim of this study was to compare the results of Harmonic Scalpel (HS) hemorrhoidectomy with conventional Ferguson’s hemorrhoidectomy for the treatment of grade III and IV hemorrhoids. During...

OBJECTIVE To compare the postoperative outcome of stapled haemorrhoidectomy and conventional Milligan Morgan's open haemorrhoidectomy. STUDY DESIGN Comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Surgical Unit 1, Ward-3, Department of Surgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, from March to September 2006. METHODOLOGY Sixty patients of late 2nd, 3rd and 4th degree haemorrhoids w...

The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the outcomes of Ligasure hemorrhoidectomy and stapled hemorrhoidectomy for prolapsed hemorrhoids. Original studies in any language were searched from MEDLINE database, PubMed, Web of science and the Cochrane Library database, and Wangfang database. Randomized control trials that compared Ligasure hemorrhoidectomy with stapled hemorrhoidectomy were id...

Background: Performing hemorrhoidectomy with LigaSureTM vessel sealing system is a rapid and simple new technique. The aim of this study was to evaluate LigaSureTM hemorrhoidectomy (LH) to open hemorrhoidectomy (OH) performed by the conventional diathermy. Patients and methods: One hundred and sixteen patients with grades III and IV hemorrhoids were prospectively randomized to either LigaSureTM...