Anal cushion lifting method is a novel radical management strategy for hemorrhoids that does not involve excision or cause postoperative anal complications

Table 3 Perioperative and postoperative findings of conventional hemorrhoidectomy methods

Ref.	Bikhchandani et al[15]	Shalaby et al[10]	Bulus et al[16]	Correa-Rovelo et al[9]
Method	MM	MM	Ferguson	Ferguson
No. of patients	42	100	71	42
Operative time (min) (mean ± SD)	45.2 ± 5.4	19.7 ± 4.7	25.5 ± 7.7	38.1 ± 12.9
Complications (%)
Bleeding	2.4	2.0	4.2	0
External tags	2.4	1.0	-	4.9
Anal stenosis	0	5.0	1.4	2.4
Infection	0	-	1.4	-
Urinary retention	16.7	14.0	28.2	7.1
Recurrence	5.0	2.0	8.5	0

MM: Milligan-Morgan.