Longo's Intervention in the Treatment of Hemorrhoids and Rectal Mucosal Prolapse

Hospital de Mataró

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rectal Mucosa Prolapse; Hemorrhoids

Treatments: Procedure: 4.5cm suture; Procedure: 6cm suture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03383926

LONGO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to define the significance of the distance of the staple line to the dentate line of the anal canal in the efficacy of the Longo's intervention.

Full description

Is going to be carried out with patients from 18 to 70 years old with hemorrhoids in a level III and IV in the Lord scale.

In the surgery Longo's intervention would be done by two ways differing in the distance of the suture from the tobacco pouch to the anal margin (4.5 cm in the first group and 6 cm in the second group).

Enrollment: 119 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women and men from 18 to 70 years old
• Hemorrhoids in level III and IV in the Lord scale
• Surgery without income and conventional hospitalization

Exclusion criteria

• Previous hemorrhoidal intervention
• Actual anal pathology

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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119 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Suture confection of theTobacco-pouch of 4.5cm from the anal margin.

Treatment:

Procedure: 4.5cm suture

Group 2

Experimental group

Description:

Suture confection of theTobacco-pouch of 6cm from the anal margin.

Treatment:

Procedure: 6cm suture