Abstract
Eighty-four patients underwent the Whitehead procedure for extensive hemorrhoids. Early postoperative complications, excluding urinary difficulties, developed in six patients. Long-term results were within an acceptable range.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Goligher JC. Surgery of the anus, rectum and colon. 3rd ed. Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 1975:118.
Andrews E. Some of the evils caused by Whitehead's operation and by its modification, the American operation. Trans Ill Med Soc 1895:433–46.
Andrews E. Disastrous results following Whitehead's operation for piles and the so-called American operation. Columbus Med J 1895;15:97–106.
Ferguson JA. Repair of “Whitehead deformity” of the anus. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1959;108:115–6.
Allingham HW. A modified method of performing Whitehead's operation for excision of piles. Med Press Circ NS 1888;45:657–62.
Burchell MC, Thow GB, Manson RR. A “modified Whitehead” hemorrhoidectomy. Dis Colon Rectum 1976;19:225–32.
Granet E. An anorectoplasty for extensive and complicated hemorrhoids. Surgery 1953;34:72–86.
O'Connor J. The radical cure of haemorrhoids: modified Whitehead's operation. Lancet 1910;2:916–9.
Rand AA. The sliding skin-flap graft operation for hemorrhoids: a modification of the Whitehead procedure. Dis Colon Rectum 1969;12:265–76.
White JE, Syphax B, Funderburk WW. A modification of the Whitehead hemorrhoidectomy. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1972;134:103–5.
Khubchandani M. Unpublished data.
Tuttle JP. The office treatment of rectal disease and its limitations. Am J Surg 1906;20:47–51.
Anderson HG. The after-results of the operative treatment of haemorhoids. Br Med J 1909;2:1276–9.
Takaki Y. The results of 176 cases of internal piles treated solely by Whitehead method. Lancet 1910;1:929–33.
Bishop ES. An address on haemorrhoids. Br Med J 1911;1:1033–5.
Hadda S. Die excision der hamorrhoiden nach Whitehead. Arch Klin Chir 1913;c:1029–31.
Stone HB. Immediate and late results of the Whitehead operation for hemorrhoids. Ann Surg 1913;58:647–52.
Read MG, Read NW, Haymes WG, Donnelly TC, Johnson AG. A prospective study of the effect of haemorrhoidectomy on sphincter function and faecal continence. Br J Surg 1982;69:396–8.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
About this article
Cite this article
Khubchandani, M. Results of whitehead operation. Dis Colon Rectum 27, 730–732 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554601
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554601