Stapler hemoroidektominin yaşam kalitesine etkisinin SF-36 ölçeği ile değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

We read the article entitled 'Quality of life after stapler haemorrhoidectomy evaluated by SF-36 questionnaire' by Erdoğdu and friends published in the last issue of Ulusal Cerrahi Dergisi (Ulusal Cer Der 2013; 29: 59-62) with great interest (1). We presume that the author thinks "stapled hemorrhoidectomy" process is the same process as "stapled hemorrhoidopexy". The procedure is named as stapled hemorrhoidectomy in the title, as "stapled hemorrhoidopexy" in the introduction, and as "stapled hemorrhoidectomy " in material and methods section. In fact, these two definitions describing different surgical procedures also have different meanings according to their terminology (Hemorrhoidectomy; excision of hemorrhoids-hemorrhoidopexy ; hanging of hemorrhoids), and we see that they are used as synonyms in the literature. The aim of this letter is to correct this misperception and emphasize that the term that best describes the procedure is "stapled hemorrhoidopexy".