Benefit of emergency haemorrhoidectomy: a comparison with results after elective operations. |
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| Authors: | R Ceulemans U Creve R Van Hee C Martens F L Wuyts |
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| Affiliation: | Academic Surgical Center Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium. |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcome of emergency and elective haemorrhoidectomy. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Teaching hospital, Belgium. SUBJECT: 104 patients who had haemorrhoidectomy for acutely ulcerated or strangulated haemorrhoids, and 545 who had elective haemorrhoidectomy. RESULTS: Early complications (26/104, 25%), reoperation (7/104, 7%) and late anal stenosis (7/104, 7%) were more common after emergency than elective haemorrhoidectomy, for which the corresponding figures were 74/545 (3.6%), 9 (1.7%) and 1/545 (0.2%). Late outcome was similar for the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: Emergency haemorrhoidectomy is indicated for the treatment of the acute complications of haemorrhoids. |
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