"…stapled hemorrhoidectomy may become a new standard in the treatment of hemorrhoid disease." -Archives of Surgery. 2002;137:337-340. (Hetzer, et al., 2002, p. 340)

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Hetzer FH, Demartine N, Handschin AE, et al. Stapled vs. excision hemorrhoidectomy: long-term results of a prospective randomized trial. Arch Surg 2002;137:337-340.

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Hoffman GH, Firoozmand E. Hemorrhoids: to staple or not to staple: that is the question. Surgical Rounds: Colorectal Issue 2004:27:1-11.

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Rowsell M, Bello M, Hemingway DM. Circumferential mucosectomy (stapled haemorrhoidectomy) versus conventional haemorrhoidectomy: randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2000;355:779-781.

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Senagore AJ, Singer M, Abcarian H, et al. A prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter trial comparing stapled hemorrhoidectomy and Ferguson hemorrhoidectomy: perioperative and one-year results. Dis Colon Rectum 2004;l47:1824-1836.

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