Oct. 20, 2005 (San Francisco) — Stapled hemorrhoidopexy results in significantly less pain and similar clinical outcomes as standard hemorrhoidectomy, according to 14-month follow-up data from a ...

A new procedure may means less pain and a quicker recovery for hemorrhoid sufferers. Hemorrhoids are a cluster of veins that can swell due to constipation or pregnancy. Darla Fisher said she first ...

Stapling of hemorrhoids -- a relatively new and increasingly popular procedure -- is associated with a higher risk of recurrence and prolapse than conventional hemorrhoid removal surgery, ...

Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach. The experimental, ...

The spinal stapling procedure takes two hours. During surgery, inch-long staples made of a high-tech temperature-sensitive metal alloy are implanted using a camera called a thoracoscope. Children with ...