Ligation under vision in the management of symptomatic XXXX : A preliminary experience.

@entity1 @entity548 @entity260 @entity1410 @entity158 @entity6713
AIM: To evaluate the surgical outcomes of 47 @entity1 who underwent hemorrhoidal arterial ligation under vision (LUV) for symptomatic Grade II and @entity6713 . METHODS: A total of 47 @entity1 who underwent LUV between May 2005 and February 2009 were analyzed retrospectively. The @entity1 were evaluated with regard to demographic data, grade of the disease, symptoms, medical and/or surgical treatment previously received, operation time, @entity158 scores, analgesic requirement, length of hospital stay, and complications related to the procedure. RESULTS: The study population (n  =  47) included 31 (65.9%) @entity1 and 16 (34.1%) @entity1 with a median age of 37.4      11.7 (range, 19-63) years. Of these 47 @entity1 , 18 (38.3%) @entity1 had Grade II @entity6713 ( @entity6713 ) and 29 (61.7%) @entity1 had @entity6713 . On average, six ligatures (range, 3-8) were used. The mean operation time was 27      4.8 (range, 15-35) minutes. No major complication that required surgical intervention occurred in the early postoperative period for any of the @entity1 except for two @entity1 with @entity1410 . The mean hospital stay was 1.2      0.65 (range, 1-4) days. The median follow-up period was 21.5      7.7 (range, 12-44) months. At the last follow-up, 38 (80.8%) @entity1 remained asymptomatic; two (4.2%) @entity1 with Grade II @entity6713 and four (8.5%) @entity1 with @entity6713 were still suffering from @entity548 but with a reduction in the frequency; @entity6713 were detected only in three (6.3%) @entity1 . CONCLUSION: LUV is a safe and easily applied alternative technique with @entity260 for the surgical treatment of symptomatic @entity6713 .
