OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to determine the physically and psychologically most difficult complication resulting in chronic discomfort and occurring sensationally in the postoperative period of operations performed frequently in the daily surgical routine. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a survey among surgeons who participated in the 19(th) National Surgery Congress. The questions were rela...

INTRODUCTION Perirectal block using four puncture places has been classically described for rectal surgery. OBJECTIVE This paper was aimed at showing the quality of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia using a new two-puncture-site technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients scheduled for ambulatory rectal surgery between January/2003 and December/2007 were included consecutively. The new t...

BACKGROUND Hemorrhoidectomy is considered by many to be a contaminated operation that requires antibiotic prophylaxis to lower the incidence of surgical site infection. In reality, little evidence exists to either support or refute the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in this setting. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine if antibiotic prophylaxis is associated with reduced incidence of postop...