title: Initial experience with stapled anoplasty in the operative management of prolapsing hemorrhoids and mucosal rectal prolapse.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Excisional hemorrhoidectomy has remained the standard procedure in the operative management of hemorrhoids. Innovations in surgical technique have recently been introduced to try to decrease the pain associated with it. Stapled anoplasty has had promising early results in this regard. The aim of this study was to determine the ease or difficulty in introducing this new procedure, its efficacy, safety, and pain profile.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen patients underwent stapled anoplasty and were followed up from 8 weeks to 6 months postoperatively. Data were accrued through clinical evaluation and patient questionnaires.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seventy-two percent of patients had good to excellent results. There were no significant complications. Eighteen patients underwent surgery in an ambulatory setting and were discharged from hospital in a mean of 189 minutes. The procedure is safe and easily mastered. The staple line should be placed precisely at 3.5 to 4 cm from the dentate line to ensure greater efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Capital Health Region, 302-2020 Richmond Ave., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8R 6R5.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Orrom
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Conrad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rusnak
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome