Abstract:There are several surgical techniques for the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease, the most used currently being stapled hemorrhoidopexy. Complications of this procedure are rare, although they may occur. The aim of this study is to report the clinical case of a patient with severe complication of rectal perforation after stapled hemorrhoidopexy. A 44-year-old man who presented anal pain in his postoperative period of hemorrhoid with urgent computed tomography evidencing rectal perforation with pneumoperitoneum,… Show more
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