Grace Rego’s spine curves so sharply that its “S” shape is obvious beneath her skin. But you’d never know it to watch the 4-year-old clamber over a sofa or chase her little brother around the family’s ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While a "stapling" operation for severe hemorrhoids may be less painful and easier to recover from than actual surgical removal, which has been considered the "gold ...

Oct. 20, 2005 (San Francisco) — Stapled hemorrhoidopexy results in significantly less pain and similar clinical outcomes as standard hemorrhoidectomy, according to 14-month follow-up data from a ...

A new procedure may means less pain and a quicker recovery for hemorrhoid sufferers. Hemorrhoids are a cluster of veins that can swell due to constipation or pregnancy. Darla Fisher said she first ...

Stapling of hemorrhoids -- a relatively new and increasingly popular procedure -- is associated with a higher risk of recurrence and prolapse than conventional hemorrhoid removal surgery, ...

This procedure, under clinical trials at nine centers across the country, achieves the stomach-reducing results of the normal stapling procedure, but does it using a special tool passed down through ...

Dick Swager is not nearly the man he used to be, and he feels great about it. Since undergoing a surgical procedure nicknamed “stomach stapling,” the 6-foot-3 Umatilla resident doesn’t have to wonder ...

Grace Rego's spine is curved so sharply that the "S" shape of it is obvious under the skin of her back. But you'd never know it to watch the 4-year-old clamber over a sofa or chase her little brother ...

Stapling was introduced in the late 1990s, and in some small studies was shown to be less painful and faster to heal than conventional surgery. A few short-term studies -- with less than a year of ...

Stapling of hemorrhoids — a relatively new and increasingly popular procedure — is associated with a higher risk of recurrence and prolapse than conventional hemorrhoid removal surgery, investigators ...