Perianal Local Block for Stapled Anopexy Gerjy, Roger; Derwinger, Kristoffer; Nyström, Per-Olof
Diseases of the colon & rectum,
2006-December, Letnik:
49, Številka:
12
Journal Article
Recenzirano
PURPOSE:
METHODS:
RESULTS:No operation was converted to general anesthesia. Operation time was similar in both groups. All patients in the local anesthesia group were pain free at discharge. The sums ...of pain scores during 14 days for daily average pain and peak pain were similar in both groups (average pain 23 (local anesthesia) vs. 35 (general anesthesia); peak pain 39 (local anesthesia) vs. 50 (general anesthesia); P > 0.05). The preoperative symptom scores were 7.8 (local anesthesia) vs. 8.9 (general anesthesia) points, and the follow-up scores were 2.2 (local anesthesia) and 2.7 (general anesthesia), a significant improvement (P = 0.001) in both groups but not different between groups.
CONCLUSIONS:
Purpose: Haemorrhoid prolapse is an indication for surgery. A correlation between worsening anatomy and increasing symptoms is commonly assumed. We developed a classification algorithm of prolapse ...and external component, and evaluated its correlation to symptoms before and after surgery.
Method: A study population comprising 180 patients operated for haemorrhoids in a multicentre randomized trial plus a validation set comprising 90 patients operated by us. The classification used three items: (i) patient self-report of prolapse requiring manual reposition; (ii) surgeon assessment of prolapse when patient negated manual reposition; (iii) surgeon assessment of external component. Patient self-reported were rated by frequency (never, 0 points; monthly, 1 point; weekly, 2 points and daily, 3 points). The algorithm yielded three grades: 1, no prolapse; 2, spontaneously reducing prolapse and 3, prolapse needing manual repositioning. The degree of external component was affixed as A, none; B, one or few tags and C, circumferential.
Results: Anatomical grades did not differ between the two sets of patients before or after surgery. Preoperatively, 69% had grade 3 prolapse. Postoperatively, 89% were classified as grades 1A or B. The symptom load was similar for grades 2 and 3; mean 6.5 points preoperatively and 1.8 points postoperatively.
Conclusion: This anatomical classification, based on strict criteria, reliably staged the haemorrhoid prolapse. There was no unique preoperative symptom profile associated with any degree of prolapse with or without an external component. Restored anal anatomy relieved symptoms. The classification also defined recurrence of haemorrhoids.
Background: This dissertation is composed of five individual studies of the stapled haemorrhoidopexy operation. The operation was launched to an international audience in 1998 by the Italian surgeon ...Antonio Longo. In conventional surgery the prolapsed piles are excised from the anodermal part of the prolapse up through the anal canal into the lower rectal mucosa where the pile is divided with diathermy or suture ligated and excised. It leaves open wounds throughout the anal canal. These wounds can be very painful, especially at defecation, and will take from three to six weeks to heal. In the stapled haemorrhoidopexy operation symptomatic haemorrhoids are seen as a disease of anodermal, haemorrhoidal and rectal mucosal prolapse of varying degree. The main component of the prolapse is the redundancy of rectal mucosa. By pushing back the prolapse into the anal canal followed by excision of the mucosal redundancy above the anal canal with a circular stapler devise a mucosal anastomosis is fashioned. This anastomosis is situated immediately above the haemorrhoids and will attach them to the rectal muscular wall to prevent further prolapse. The operation is associated with substantially less pain and a quicker recovery.
Methods: For the five studies, a total of 334 patients were operated for haemorrhoidal prolapse. The first operations were performed in February 1998. All patients were assessed preoperatively and postoperatively with the same set of protocols as follows. The symptoms of haemorrhoids were scored with a questionnaire to patients to obtain their independent statements of the frequency of each of five cardinal symptoms: pain, bleeding, pruritus, soiling and prolapse in need of manual reduction. A diary was used by patients to report daily pain scores, use of pain medication and speed of recovery within the first 14 postoperative days. The surgeon rated the deranged anal anatomy before and after surgery. We also developed an algorithm based on the patients’ statement of digital reduction of prolapse (grade 3) and the surgeon’s assessment of lesser prolapse at proctoscopy (grade 2). Absence of prolapse was grade 1. The surgeon also provided statements about the conduct of the operation and rated the technical complexity. The information, for all patients, was entered into an electronic data base.
Results: One registry based study and one prospective randomised controlled trial assessed the advantage of performing the operation under perianal local anaesthetic block. The postoperative pain and surgical outcome was independent of the type of anaesthesia. No operation under local block had to be converted to general anaesthesia. Anodermal prolapse is seen in 70 percent of the patients. In a registry-based study we found that excision of the anodermal folds did not increase the postoperative pain provided the excision stopped at the anal verge. In 270 patients with precise preoperative and postoperative classification we found that the symptomatic load was identical for grades 2 and 3. The symptoms were independent of the anodermal prolapse. The symptoms were greatly reduced when the operation turned out grade 1 prolapse. The long-term result was assessed in 153 patients operated 1 year to 6 years previously. The need for early re-intervention was 6.2 percent representing technical error to reduce the prolapse. At the final evaluation 12 patients (8.2 percent) complained of a mucoanal prolapse in need of digital reduction. The mean symptom burden had been reduced from 8.1 to 2.5 points but 17 percent had at least one cardinal symptom with a weekly frequency.
Conclusions: Stapled haemorrhoidopexy should be performed as day surgery under local anaesthesia. Any remaining anodermal prolapse should be excised. The optimal long-term outcome is grade 1A or 1B with low symptom score. There was an 87 percent chance of cure of the prolapse with the first haemorrhoidopexy. About half the failures were insufficient primary surgery and half a relapse of the prolapse.
Local perianal block for anal surgery Nyström, P O; Derwinger, K; Gerjy, R
Techniques in coloproctology,
03/2004, Letnik:
8, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
We refined a technique for local block of all terminal nerve branches to the anus.
A total of 30 consecutive patients with proctological disorders consented to ambulatory (n=29) or hospitalised (n=1) ...operation with local perianal block for skin tags, Milligan- Morgan haemorrhoidectomy, stapled haemorrhoidopexy or anocutaneous fistulae. Patients were operated prone. A total of 40 ml of a 4.75 mg/ml solution of ropivacaine (Narop; Astra, Sweden) was injected in 8 directions (5 ml each) into the ischiorectal fat immediately peripheral to the external sphincter as anaesthetic columns reaching from the skin to the levator. This injection scheme targets the terminal nerve branches of the anus rather than blocking the trunk of major nerves. The relaxation of a pain-free anus was obtained in 2-3 minutes with exposure similar to a general anaesthetic. Postoperative pain was evaluated on a 0 to 10 visual analogue scale (VAS).
Patients were pain-free at discharge. However, mean postoperative VAS score at 24 hours was 3.2 following Milligan-Morgan haemorrhoidectomy, 4.8 following stapled haemorrhoidopexy and skin tags or polyps excision, and 2.7 after fistula lay-open. At telephone follow-up 1-2 weeks later, the patients were satisfied with the method of anaesthesia and would willingly accept it for any further anal surgery.
The perianal block is easy to apply and effective as sole method of anaesthesia for proctological operations.
Background: This dissertation is composed of five individual studies of the stapled haemorrhoidopexy operation. The operation was launched to an international audience in 1998 by the Italian surgeon ...Antonio Longo. In conventional surgery the prolapsed piles are excised from the anodermal part of the prolapse up through the anal canal into the lower rectal mucosa where the pile is divided with diathermy or suture ligated and excised. It leaves open wounds throughout the anal canal. These wounds can be very painful, especially at defecation, and will take from three to six weeks to heal. In the stapled haemorrhoidopexy operation symptomatic haemorrhoids are seen as a disease of anodermal, haemorrhoidal and rectal mucosal prolapse of varying degree. The main component of the prolapse is the redundancy of rectal mucosa. By pushing back the prolapse into the anal canal followed by excision of the mucosal redundancy above the anal canal with a circular stapler devise a mucosal anastomosis is fashioned. This anastomosis is situated immediately above the haemorrhoids and will attach them to the rectal muscular wall to prevent further prolapse. The operation is associated with substantially less pain and a quicker recovery. Methods: For the five studies, a total of 334 patients were operated for haemorrhoidal prolapse. The first operations were performed in February 1998. All patients were assessed preoperatively and postoperatively with the same set of protocols as follows. The symptoms of haemorrhoids were scored with a questionnaire to patients to obtain their independent statements of the frequency of each of five cardinal symptoms: pain, bleeding, pruritus, soiling and prolapse in need of manual reduction. A diary was used by patients to report daily pain scores, use of pain medication and speed of recovery within the first 14 postoperative days. The surgeon rated the deranged anal anatomy before and after surgery. We also developed an algorithm based on the patients’ statement of digital reduction of prolapse (grade 3) and the surgeon’s assessment of lesser prolapse at proctoscopy (grade 2). Absence of prolapse was grade 1. The surgeon also provided statements about the conduct of the operation and rated the technical complexity. The information, for all patients, was entered into an electronic data base. Results: One registry based study and one prospective randomised controlled trial assessed the advantage of performing the operation under perianal local anaesthetic block. The postoperative pain and surgical outcome was independent of the type of anaesthesia. No operation under local block had to be converted to general anaesthesia. Anodermal prolapse is seen in 70 percent of the patients. In a registry-based study we found that excision of the anodermal folds did not increase the postoperative pain provided the excision stopped at the anal verge. In 270 patients with precise preoperative and postoperative classification we found that the symptomatic load was identical for grades 2 and 3. The symptoms were independent of the anodermal prolapse. The symptoms were greatly reduced when the operation turned out grade 1 prolapse. The long-term result was assessed in 153 patients operated 1 year to 6 years previously. The need for early re-intervention was 6.2 percent representing technical error to reduce the prolapse. At the final evaluation 12 patients (8.2 percent) complained of a mucoanal prolapse in need of digital reduction. The mean symptom burden had been reduced from 8.1 to 2.5 points but 17 percent had at least one cardinal symptom with a weekly frequency. Conclusions: Stapled haemorrhoidopexy should be performed as day surgery under local anaesthesia. Any remaining anodermal prolapse should be excised. The optimal long-term outcome is grade 1A or 1B with low symptom score. There was an 87 percent chance of cure of the prolapse with the first haemorrhoidopexy. About half the failures were insufficient primary surgery and half a relapse of the prolapse.
The original title of article IV was "Prolapse grade and symptoms of haemorrhoids are poorly correlated: result of a classification algorithm in 270 patients. The new title after publishing the article is "Grade of prolapse and symptoms of haemorrhoids are poorly correlated: result of a classification algorithm in 270 patients".
Anal Disorders Nyström, Per-Olof; Gerjy, Roger; Pescatori, Mario ...
Coloproctology
Book Chapter
4.1
The corpus cavernosum recti is part of the normal anatomy. If this tissue enlarges we speak of haemorrhoids; if it causes symptoms it is a haemorrhoidal disease. The circumstances under which ...they become symptomatic are not fully understood. Currently, diseases of the haemorrhoids are classified under the chapter of vascular diseases in the International Code of Diseases (e.g. ICD10). However, there is growing consensus that the pathological mechanism involves prolapse of redundant and detached rectal mucosa, which at defaecation slides into the anal canal together with the haemorrhoids. Its impaction in the anal canal during defaecation appears to be the circumstance that generates the symptoms. The therapeutic aim is to prevent the prolapse with one of several treatment options.
4.2
Anal fissure is a common anorectal condition characterised by an acute or chronic linear ulcer in the squamous epithelium of the anus. The aetiology is not completely understood (chronic posterior anal ischaemia and internal anal sphincter spasm are the most accredited theories). Severe pain during and post defaecation is the most important symptom and a gently clinical examination achieves a secure diagnoses. Manometry of the anal sphincters could be useful in the evaluation of anal spasm. Conservative care of fissure includes diet therapy, local anaesthetic ointments, anal dilatations, chemical sphincterotomy (i.e. nitric oxide donors), Calcium channel antagonist and Botulinum Toxin A. Surgical treatment may be offered as primary choice, without being an overtreatment. Depending from the techniques used, postoperative incontinence ranges from 2% to 28%, and recurrence from 0% to 13%. The surgical options include: Posterior Anal Sphincterotomy (to be only used with concomitant posterior intersphinteric fistulae), Fissurectomy, Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy (the most used and affected by low incontinence rate), and Y-V Anal Advanced Flap (used in recurrent chronic fissures and in patient without an increased anal pressure to avoid sphincterotomy).
4.3
A perianal abscess, not related to Crohn’s disease, originates in one of the anal glands. These glands are located in the subepithelial layer of the anal canal at the level of the dentate line. The duct of each gland ends in one of Morgagni’s crypts. Obstruction of a duct, caused by faecal material, foreign bodies or trauma, may result in stasis and infection.
