If too much muscle tissue
is drawn into the device, it can result in damage to the rectal wall.
The internal muscles of the
sphincter may stretch, resulting in short-term or long-term dysfunction.
In
a comparison of the mean pain scores for patients
after conventional and stapled hemorrhoidectomies,
patients undergoing stapled hemorrhoidectomy
reported significantly lower pain scores
Ten
weeks or more after surgery, patients were asked to
rate their satisfaction with symptom control. In a
comparison of patients having undergone the
Milligan-Morgan procedure, (a conventional
procedure), more patients who had undergone a
stapled hemorrhoidectomy rated their symptom control
as good or excellent.
