NCT03383926

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

Prospective Study About the Efficacy of the Longo's Intervention for the Treatment of Hemorrhoids and Rectal Mucosal Prolapse.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 119 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Mataró · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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).

Conditions

• Hemorrhoids
• Rectal Mucosa Prolapse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	4.5cm suture	Suture confection of the Tobacco-pouch of 4.5cm from the anal margin.
PROCEDURE	6cm suture	Suture confection of the Tobacco-pouch of 6cm from the anal margin.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-04-04
• Primary completion: 2012-02-29
• Completion: 2012-02-29
• First posted: 2017-12-27
• Last updated: 2018-03-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain