PURPOSE To determine the safety, pain intensity correlated with age and body mass index (BMI), epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine and clonidine in hemorrhoidectomy. METHODS Eighty patients, both genders, 20-70 years old, ASA I or II, for hemorrhoidectomy were randomly divided into two groups: Control (n=38), epidural anesthesia with 14 mL of ropivacaine 0.75 % plus 0.0266 mL/kg of 0.9% sali...

Background: The most common complication after hemorrhoidectomy is almost always postoperative. This dreadful makes the patients postpone treatment even for prolapsing, bleeding, and uncomfortable piles. There are different methods that can be used reducing pain including performing a lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS). Better outcome of combined with has been observed in few past controlled...

Aim: To compare the clinical long term complication of Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy versus Open Hemorrhoidectomy in term of Recurrence and Anal Stenosis. Place and duration of study: Department of Surgery at Shalamar Hospital Lahore from March 2014 to February 2015. Methods: Randomized Control Trial at Surgical Unit II, Shalamar Hospital Lahore. Results: Out of total 50 patients there were 20(80%) ...

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