Argov S
Elisha Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Dig Surg. 1999;16(5):375-8. doi: 10.1159/000018750.
BACKGROUND/AIM: The aim of this study is to document experience in performing ambulatory hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia and to examine its feasibility.
1,530 patients with symptomatic grade III-IV internal hemorrhoids underwent surgical hemorrhoidectomy (Milligan-Morgan) between 1976 and 1991. This was done in the jackknife position under local anesthesia.
RESULT/CONCLUSION: The Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy is radical and easy to perform in a jackknife position under local anesthesia in an ambulatory setting.