Long-term follow-up of closed hemorrhoidectomy

Dis Colon Rectum. 1983 Dec;26(12):797-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02554754.

Abstract

Four hundred forty-one patients who had closed hemorrhoidectomy with local anesthesia were followed for one to seven years postoperatively to assess long-term results and patient satisfaction. Seven and one-half per cent needed further treatment of hemorrhoids, 7.7 per cent developed other anorectal or colonic pathology, and 0.5 per cent had lasting incontinence. Lateral internal sphincterotomy did not predispose to incontinence. Patient satisfaction was 92.6 per cent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Colonic Diseases / etiology
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Fecal Incontinence / etiology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemorrhoids / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Rectal Diseases / etiology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Time Factors