A systematic review of the literature assessing the outcomes of stapled haemorrhoidopexy versus open haemorrhoidectomy

BACKGROUND: Symptomatic haemorrhoids affect a large number of patients throughout the world. The aim of this systematic review was to compare the surgical outcomes of stapled haemorrhoidopexy (SH) versus open haemorrhoidectomy (OH) over a 20-year period.

METHODS: Randomized controlled trials published between January 1998 and January 2019 were extracted from Pubmed using defined search criteria. Study characteristics and outcomes in the form of short-term and long-term complications of the two techniques were analyzed. Any changes in trend of outcomes over time were assessed by comparing article groups 1998-2008 and 2009-2019.

RESULTS: Twenty-nine and 9 relevant articles were extracted for the 1998-2008 (period 1) and 2009-2019 (period 2) cohorts, respectively. Over the two time periods, SH was found to be a safe procedure, associated with statistically reduced operative time (in 13/21 studies during period 1 and in 3/8 studies during period 2), statistically less intraoperative bleeding (3/7 studies in period 1 and 1/1 study in period 2) and consistently less early postoperative pain on the visual analogue scale (12/15 studies in period 1 and 4/5 studies in period 2) resulting in shorter hospital stay (12/20 studies in period 1 and 2/2 studies in period 2) at the expense of a higher cost. In the longer term, although chronic pain in SH and OH patents is comparable, patient satisfaction with SH may decline with time and at 2-year follow-up OH appeared to be associated with greater patient satisfaction.

CONCLUSIONS: SH appears to be safe with potential advantages, at least in the short term, but the evidence is lacking at the moment to suggest its routine use in clinical practice.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Tech Coloproctol. 2021 Aug;25(8):991-992. - PMID 33587213

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Techniques in coloproctology - 25(2021), 1 vom: 24. Jan., Seite 19-33

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ruan, Q Z [VerfasserIn]
English, W [VerfasserIn]
Hotouras, A [VerfasserIn]
Bryant, C [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, F [VerfasserIn]
Andreani, S [VerfasserIn]
Wexner, S D [VerfasserIn]
Banerjee, S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Haemorrhoidectomy
Journal Article
Open
Outcomes
Review
Stapled
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 27.04.2021

Date Revised 29.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Tech Coloproctol. 2021 Aug;25(8):991-992. - PMID 33587213

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10151-020-02314-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31667334X