A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Suture-Fixation Mucopexy and Doppler-Guided Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation in Patients with Grade III Hemorrhoids

Table 2

Short-term recurrence of symptoms, postoperative complications, and postoperative pain score (visual analogue scale, 0–10) between the two groups.

Symptoms	Suture-fixation group ()	DGHAL group ()	value
Recurrence
Prolapse	1 (2%)	4 (8%)	0.359
Bleeding	2 (4%)	1 (2%)	1.000
Complications
Anal discomfort	15 (30%)	7 (14%)	0.053
Urinary retention	7 (14%)	5 (10%)	0.675
Postoperative pain
First day	3.4 ± 2.8	3.0 ± 3.0	0.069
Second day	1.7 ± 2.0	1.5 ± 1.9	0.074
Third day	1.0 ± 1.2	0.8 ± 1.4	0.093

Results are number (percentage) or mean ± SD. DGHAL: Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation.