The aim of this study is to define the significance of the distance of the staple line to the dentate line of the anal canal in the efficacy of the Longo's intervention.
Is going to be carried out with patients from 18 to 70 years old with hemorrhoids in a level III and IV in the Lord scale. In the surgery Longo's intervention would be done by two ways differing in the distance of the suture from the tobacco pouch to the anal margin (4.5 cm in the first group and 6 cm in the second group).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
119
Suture confection of the Tobacco-pouch of 4.5cm from the anal margin.
Suture confection of the Tobacco-pouch of 6cm from the anal margin.
Hospital de Mataró
Mataró, Barcelona, Spain
Efficacy of the Longo's intervention (distance in the staple line till the dentate line of the anal canal in cm)
The distance in the staple line till the dentate line of the anal canal will be measured.
Time frame: up to 6 months
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