Open AccessRandomized clinical trial comparing day‐care open haemorrhoidectomy under local versus general anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Kushwaha R.,
Hutchings W.,
Davies C.,
Rao N. G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
british journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1365-2168
pISSN - 0007-1323
DOI - 10.1002/bjs.6113
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , general anaesthesia , confidence interval , anesthesia , patient satisfaction , demographics , clinical trial , surgery , demography , sociology
Day-care open haemorrhoidectomy under local anaesthesia (LH) may be the most cost-effective approach to haemorrhoidectomy. This prospective randomized trial compared outcome after LH from patients' and clinical perspectives with that after day-care open haemorrhoidectomy under general anaesthesia (GH).