Hemorrhoidectomy - making sense of the surgical options

Table 3 Results for grade III hemorrhoids

Methods	Mean operating time (min)	Return to work (d)	Recurrence at < 1 yr (%)	Recurrence at>1 yr (%)	Post-op bleeding (%)	ARU (%)	Fistula (%)	Anal stricture (%)
DGHAL	19[45]	NR	13-13.5[9,44]	18-31[44,45]	0-6.8[9,45]	1[9]	0-0.5[9,45]	NR
SH	21-31[45,47-49]	6-7.9[47,48]	7.5[47]	3-25.6[45,47,49,55]	0-9.1[45,47-49]	1.6-17.5[45,47]	0[49]	1.3-2.6[48,49]
CH	35-42.36[47-49]	10.2-15[47,48]	5[47]	0-17.5[47,49,55]	1.7-7.5[47-49]	40[47]	2.5[49]	0[48,49]

DGHAL: Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation; SH: Stapler hemorrhoidectomy; CH: Conventional hemorrhoidectomy; ARU: Acute urinary retention; NR: Not recorded.