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PRIMARY SUTURE OF THE OPERATIVE WOUNDS AFTER HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY*
Author(s) -
Failes David
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1966.tb04401.x
Subject(s) - medicine , convalescence , surgery , fibrous joint , incidence (geometry) , postoperative pain , optics , physics
Summary 1. A small series of 24 patients is presentee in whom haemorrhoidectomy was followec by primary suture of the operatior wounds. 2. The chief advantage of the technique was quicker healing of the wounds and shortened convalescence. 3. The only disadvantage was an increased incidence of skin tags. 4. No difference in post‐operative pain was noted in patients in this series compared to patients undergoing the “standard” Milligan‐Morgan operation.