Ashraf Farouk Abdeer1, Amr Mohamed Elhefny2, Wadie Boshra Gerges3,John Sobhy Mamlouk Sawires4
Ahmed Samir Hosny, Mohamed Hosny Ezz El Arab, AmrAbd El Rahim Mohamed
Ahmed Samir Hosny, Ahmed M. Elmahrouky
Hassan A.Saad, Kamal Rabi Eid, Tamer Mohamed Elshahidy
Hany M S Mikhail1 MD FRCS, Athar S M Elward MD, Tarek A. Awad1 M.Sc MRCS, Mohamed H.A. Fahmy1 MD., Ahmed Amr Mohsen2 M.Sc
Amer nasr, MD;1 Mohamed A.Safy El Deen2
Hazem Abdel Salam Mohamed; Fawzy Salah Fawzy; Fady Assem Awad Youssef
Nader M. Milad (M.D, MSc, MRCS, MBBCh.)1, Ahmed Kandeel(M.D, MSc, MBBCh.)2, Mahasen Abougabal (M.D, MSc, MBBCh.)2, Karim K. Maurice (M.D, MSc, MRCS, MBBCh.)1
Ehab H. Abd El-Wahab,MD; Ahmad Gamal El Deen,MD; Amr H. Afifi,MD
Haitham Akram Saimeh
Tamer.M.EL Gaabary, MD, Mohamed Shaaban, MSc., Salah.S. Soliman MD, MRCS,
Mina Nabil Rashied Manasseh; Ibrahim Magid Abdel-Maksoud; Yasser Abdel-Samee Mohammed
Omar Sherif Omar MD, Ahmed El Nogoomi M.B.B.C.H, Ahmed Mostafa Shazly MD, Mahmoud A. Ameen MD
Comparative Study between Conventional and Ligasure Hemorrhoidectomy
Background: Hemorrhoids are common anorectal disorders. That presents with various manifestations;
however, bleeding, pain, swelling, soilage and pruritis are the most common presenting symptoms. Each
case should be treated individually according to its presentations, the severity of the condition and the
degree of haemorrhoids. Commonly grade 1 and 2 respond well to conservative measures. Grade 3 and 4
haemorrhoids need intervention either office-based procedure or surgical operation. Objective: To
compare between the two approaches for hemorrhoid surgery- conventional hemorrhoidectomy and
Ligasure hemorrhoidectomy- in terms of operative time and intraoperative blood loss, as well as
postoperative pain, hospital stay, healing process, bleeding, recurrence and anal stenosis. Methods: This
study is a prospective randomized study that was conducted at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Ahmed
Maher Teaching Hospital and other authorized hospitals under supervision of thesis supervisors
comparing, between conventional and the new modality ligasure hemorrhoidectomy as regards
intraoperative blood loss, operative time, postoperative pain, hospital stay and healing process. The study
included thirty patients selected by the method of random sampling of patients with hemorrhoids. The 30
patients of the study were subjected into two groups. Group (A) included 15 patients that have been
managed by conventional hemorrhoidectomy. Group (B) included another 15 patients that have been
managed by ligasure hemorrhoidectomy. Results: The study results found that LigaSure
hemorrhoidectomy, in comparison with conventional hemorrhoidectomy, had statistically significant less
intraoperative blood loss as well as shorter operating time. The operating time in Ligasure was 13.13 ±
5.55 min.; however, in conventional procedure was 16.67 ± 4.88 min. with P value 0.075. There was a
highly significant effect regarding postoperative pain control on the patients underwent Ligasure
Haemorrhoidectomy throughout the first month follow-up as assessed by the numerical analogue pain
scores, The P value was <0.01. There was no statistically significant difference between Ligasure
heamorrhoidectomy and conventional haemorrhoidectomy patients regarding post-operative hospital stay,
healing process and complications. Conclusion: Ligasure haemorrhoidectomy, when compared with
conventional haemorrhoidectomy, is simple, safe and effective treatment modality.
Keywords: Ligasure Hemorrhoidectomy.