stapled hemorrhoidopexy

stapled hemorrhoidopexy
a method of treating hemorrhoids by excising a band of prolapsed tissue with a special circular stapling device into which excess tissue is pulled while the remaining tissue is stapled, so that the hemorrhoidal tissue is restored to its original anatomical position. Called also circumferential mucosectomy.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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