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The use of the Deaver Retractor to visualize staple line haemorrhage following stapled anopexy
Author(s) -
Forshaw M. J.,
Mhandu P. C.,
Parker M. C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00601.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retractor , complication , line (geometry) , surgery , mathematics , geometry
Postoperative haemorrhage is a recognized complication of any haemorrhoidectomy procedure. It can be difficult to visualize a staple line haemorrhage in the presence of large circumferential haemorrhoids. We describe a technique to aid visualization of the staple line in this situation.