BACKGROUND Stapled hemorrhoidectomy was introduced as a new procedure for the surgical management of hemorrhoidal disease in 1993. We present a cohort longitudinal study performed in a community hospital setting where the short-term outcomes of stapled hemorrhoidectomy were compared with those of conventional hemorrhoidectomy. METHODS We compared 41 consecutive patients who underwent a conven...

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...

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...

Postoperative pain is the major drawback of a hemorrhoidectomy. Researchers have sought solutions to this problem by looking at surgical techniques, topical medications, and surgical devices. First, surgical techniques have drawn attention since the basic techniques of a hemorrhoidectomy were established. Which technique is ideal or more suitable for a hemorrhoidectomy has long been a subject o...

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...

Hemorrhoids are one of the most common anorectal disorders. Conventional hemorrhoidectomy is the most commonly practiced surgical technique. Stapled hemorrhoidectomy (procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids [PPH]) and Ligasure hemorrhoidectomy are newly developed methods for the surgical management of hemorrhoids. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of these t...

Background Hemorrhoidectomy is one of the most common procedures performed in anorectal surgery. Regardless of the method of surgical ablation of hemorrhoids it carries the risk of troublesome complications. Postoperative pain, urinary retention, infection, anal stenosis and bleeding are the most common. Delayed postoperative bleeding after hemorrhoidectomy has a reported incidence of 0.9 10%. ...

BACKGROUND Anal canal dilatation and sphincterotomy have been recommended besides hemorrhoidectomy to overcome the anal pressures in the management of hemorrhoids. The aim of this study to compare internal sphincterotomy and hemorrhoidectomy with hemorrhoidectomy alone with respect to manometric and clinical measures. METHODS One hundred twenty patients with hemorrhoids were randomly assigned...

Hemorrhoidectomy is the treatment of choice for patients with third or fourth-degree hemorrhoids. Although the majority of surgeons believe that surgical hemorrhoidectomy is the most effective approach with excellent results in the management of hemorrhoid disease, but hemorrhoidectomy is not a simple procedure. One of the complications of this surgery is an injury to anal sphincters that can l...