Comparison of hemorrhoidectomy techniques

	Postoperative pain/complication rate	Recurrence rate
Conventional with scalpel or monopolar cautery	*****	*
Conventional with Ligasure or Harmonic scalpel	**	*
Stapled hemorrhoidopexy	***	****
Hemorrhoid artery ligation	*	*****

Postoperative pain/complication and recurrence rates are ranked from * (lowest) to ***** (highest).

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