Use of a Rampley's Sponge Holding Forceps to Facilitate Stapled Haemorrhoidectomy

Outcome of stapled haemorrhoidectomy versus Milligan Morgan's haemorrhoidectomy.

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...

Short term clinical outcome of stapled haemorrhoidectomy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate short term clinical outcome after stapled haemorrhoidectomy. METHODS From May 2005 to Oct 2007, 55 patients with symptomatic late 2nd and 3rd degree haemorrhoids were admitted to Surgical Ward 2, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. All of them underwent stapled haemorrhoidectomy after routine preoperative preparation. Postoperatively, pain scores, complications, hospital...

Stapled haemorrhoidectomy in Chinese patients: a prospective randomised control study.

OBJECTIVE To compare stapled haemorrhoidectomy with open diathermy haemorrhoidectomy in Chinese patients with respect to the postoperative pain, symptom control, and manometric alterations. DESIGN Prospective randomised controlled trial. SETTING A regional general surgical unit, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Twenty-four patients with second- or third-degree haemorrhoids or who have had failed medic...

Ambulatory stapled haemorrhoidectomy: a safe and feasible surgical technique.

OBJECTIVE To compare outcomes following stapled haemorrhoidectomy as an in-patient versus day-surgery procedure. DESIGN Prospective non-randomised study. SETTING University affiliated hospitals, Hong Kong. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Forty-eight consecutive patients who underwent stapled haemorrhoidectomy were included in the study. Twenty-four patients had the procedure in an ambulatory setting...

Stapled haemorrhoidectomy--the evidence for and the facts against.