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[Longo hemorrhoidopexy vs Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy: perspective analysis]
P Dell'Abate1, G Ferrieri, P Del Rio
1Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Trapianti d'Organo, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Parma.
The authors analyzed their experience from January 2001 to February 2005 on 117 patients treated with Longo hemorrhoidopexy (46 cases) and Milligan-Morgan hemorroidectomy (71 cases). All the patients were observed after a week and one month after surgical procedure; at 6 months the Authors controlled 70 patients treated with Milligan-Morgan and 33 treated with Longo technique. The pain after 24 hours was the same in two groups but after a week a significative difference between two groups (p<0.05) was registered with a better quality of life for hemorrhoidopexy group. At 6 months pain during defecation was present in two cases of Longo group and in 6 cases of Milligan-Morgan group. In author's experience the Longo technique is a safe treatment with lower postsurgical pain and lower complications.
The authors analyzed their experience from January 2001 to February 2005 on 117 patients treated with Longo hemorrhoidopexy (46 cases) and Milligan-Morgan hemorroidectomy (71 cases). All the patients were observed after a week and one month after surgical procedure; at 6 months the Authors controlled 70 patients treated with Milligan-Morgan and 33 treated with Longo technique. The pain after 24 hours was the same in two groups but after a week a significative difference between two groups (p<0.05) was registered with a better quality of life for hemorrhoidopexy group. At 6 months pain during defecation was present in two cases of Longo group and in 6 cases of Milligan-Morgan group. In author's experience the Longo technique is a safe treatment with lower postsurgical pain and lower complications.

