HEMORRHOIDECTOMY;

Objectives: Is to compare outcomes in terms of mean post-operative pain andhospital stay between stapled versus conventional hemorrhoidectomy. Hypothesis: There isa difference in mean post-operative pain and hospital stay between stapled and conventionalhemorrhoidectomy, stapled technique is better than conventional technique. Study Design:Randomized control trial. Setting: Department of General Surgery Bakhtawar Amin MemorialHospital Multan. Period: February 2016 February 2017. Methodology: A total number of 60patients enrolled in the study, both genders. Statistical software SPSS ver.23 was used toanalyze the data. Mean and SD were calculated and presented for numerical variables likeduration of hemorrhoids, age and pain score while frequencies and percentage were calculatedand presented for categorical variables like ender and grade of hemorrhoids. Independent t-testand chi square test were applied to see effect modification. P value ≤0.05 was considered assignificant. Results: Total number of 60 (100%) patients in the study, 32 (53.3%) were maleand 28 (46.7 %) were female. Mean hospital stay in group A was 1.63 ± 0.71 and in groupB means duration of hospital stay was 1.73 ± 0.74. A P value was 0.001. On stratification ofdata it is concluded that in group A 9 patients have no pain 6 have mild and 6 have moderatepain and 5 patients have severe pain, similarly in group B, 3 patients have no pain 2 have mildpain 1 have moderate pain and no patient have severe pain. P value for male patients was2.65. Conclusion: This study confirms that stapled hemorrhoidectomy is associated with lesspostoperative pain with no effect of age and gender on outcome.