HAL-RAR Technique for Treating Hemorrhoids

Launched by AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL · Feb 26, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This is a retrospective, single-institution, study conducted from January 2010 to November 2019. Grade of hemorrhoidal disease was assessed according to Goligher's classification. Patients with grade II, resistant to conservative treatment, grade III and IV hemorrhoidal disease that underwent the HAL-RAR technique, were included in the study. Patients with grade II disease presented a small degree of prolapse. Non-surgical techniques, such as rubber-band ligation or injection of sclerosing agents, were not performed prior to the HAL-RAR operation since this is not a common practice in our i...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with
• • grade II hemorrhoidal disease, resistant to conservative treatment
• • grade III hemorrhoidal disease,
• • grade IV hemorhoidal disease,
• • that underwent the HAL-RAR technique.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • pregnancy
• • coagulation disorders
• • patients with major comorbidities (American Society of Anesthesiologists \[ASA\] ≥3),
• • psychiatric conditions preventing collaboration and follow-up
• • other concomitant anorectal disease (rectal prolapse, anal fissure, anal stenosis, perianal fistula or abscess, fecal incontinence)
• • previous pelvic radiotherapy
• • declined consent