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Modified pile suture in the outpatient treatment of hemorrhoids

A preliminary report

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

Twenty-five patients with second- or third-degree hemorrhoids were treated on an outpatient basis using a modified form of pile suture of Farag. There were no postoperative complications such as acute urinary retention, hemorrhage, infection, or anal stenosis. After follow-up for 12 to 18 months, the method has relieved bleeding in all patients and anal prolapse in 96 per cent of them. The modified pile suture is useful in a tropical setting where excisional hemorrhoidectomy is a costly operation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Oluyombo A. Awojobi M.B., B.S.

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Read at the 22nd annual conference of the West African College of Surgeons, Ibadan, Nigeria, January 1982.

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Awojobi, O.A. Modified pile suture in the outpatient treatment of hemorrhoids. Dis Colon Rectum 26, 95–97 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02562582

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