Background: Massive retroperitoneal and pelvic hematoma leading to hemorrhagic shock following stapled hemorrhoidectomy is rare. To the best of our knowledge at time this publication, there are no reported cases postoperative or without intraluminal bleeding after hemorrhoidopexy. We describe such a case in patient with grade III internal hemorrhoid who was treated colonoscopy hemorrhoidectomy....

PURPOSE Doppler-guided ligation of the hemorrhoidal arteries was described as an alternative to hemorrhoidectomy. The authors report their experience with this procedure. METHODS From 2002 to 2004, 100 consecutive patients underwent hemorrhoidal artery ligation procedure for symptomatic hemorrhoids and were reviewed at one month and at three years. RESULTS There were 54 females. Seventy-eig...

The Milligan-Morgan (MM) operation is the most widely practiced procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids. But it is also associated with a fair amount of postoperative pain, a long period of convalescence, and complications like bleeding and anal stenosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of in-situ radiofrequency ablation (RA) of hemorrhoids. During a 6-month period, 40 patients w...

OBJECTIVE Aloe vera is an herbal medicine, which has wound healing effects in burn injury. This study assessed the effects of Aloe vera cream in reducing postoperative pain, postdefection pain, and its promotion of wound healing after open hemorrhoidectomy. DESIGN A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted comparing the effects of a cream containing Aloe v...