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Ethics Committee approvals were obtained by each participating centre. All consecutive patients planned to have surgery for HD under any form of anaesthesia and able to sign the informed consent were included. Patients with history of previous anal surgery and with any anal inflammatory disease or sepsis were excluded. Patients affected by full thickness rectal prolapse were excluded, also.
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This study has been accepted as a Free Paper presentation at the 10th Anniversary Meeting ESCP Dublin, 23–25 September 2015
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Asteria, C.R., Lauretta, A., Martellucci, J. et al. Does anaesthesia change severity of haemorrhoidal disease? A prospective and multicentre case-control study on haemorrhoidal disease assessment in two different settings: outpatient and operating theatre. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 1529–1531 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-016-2553-2
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