title: Postoperative anorectal bleeding.
abstract: Forty-three postoperative anorectal bleeding episodes were encountered in the treatment of 4,059 anorectal operations, an incidence of 1.06 per cent. One-third of the postoperative bleeding occurred within the first 48 hours and reflects technical errors; nearly half of the bleeding occurred from the seventh to the 11th postoperative days; the cause of this delayed bleeding remains obscure.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000601:surgery; D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery