Table 6.

Surgical indicators of postoperative outcomes: improvement, persistence, resolution, recurrence, and reoperation

Study		HD downgrading	Symptoms improvement	Persistence	Resolution	Recurrence	Reoperation (timepoint; type)	Follow-up (in months)
Laser hemorrhoidoplasty
Karahaliloglu et al. 8		-	-	-	-	11.3%a	54.7% (within 3 months, LH)	12
Jahanshahi et al. 11		-	-	-	-	0%	-	12
Brusciano et al. 12		-	-	-	-	0%	-	8.6b
Plapler et al. 13	LH HC	-	-	-	60.4%c -	-	-	1
Naderan et al. 14	LH HC	-	-	-	70%a 76.7%a	-	0% 0%	12
Alsisy et al. 15	LH HC	-	-	0%a 10%a	100%a 90%a	0% 0%	0% 0%	3
Poskus et al. 16	LH MP HC	-	-	-	72.5%a 58.5%a 82.5%a	10%a 22%a 0%a, d	-	12
Hemorrhoidal laser procedure
Salfi et al. 9		-	91%	-	-	9.4%	-	12
Giamundo et al. 17		77%	91.7%	7%a, c	-	8.3%a	-	5.8 (1–12)b
Crea et al. 18		>85%	85%	-	> 90%a	5%	-	15 (6–30)e
De Nardi et al. 19		-	86.3%	9.8%a	76.9%c	7.8%	7.8% (2 [1–5]b months; 2% RBL, 3.8% THD, 2% HC)	26.3 ± 9.1b
Boarini et al. 20		80%	-	-	83.6%a	-	-	6
Giamundo et al. 21		-	-	9.7%a, c, e	90.3%a	-	2.8% (6b months; 0.7% HeLP, 0.7% SH, 0.7% THD, 0.7% HC)	12
Giamundo et al. 22	HeLP RBL	80% 40%d	-	-	90.0%a 53.3%a, d	-	-	6

HD hemorrhoidal disease, “-” not available, LH laser hemorrhoidoplasty, HC hemorrhoidectomy, MP mucopexy, RBL rubber band ligation, THD transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization, HeLP hemorrhoidal laser procedure, SH stapled hemorrhoidopexy

^aSymptomatic recurrence, resolution, or persistence

^bExpressed as mean ± standard deviation or (range)

^cProlapse recurrence, resolution, or persistence

^dThe difference was statistically significant

^eExpressed as median (range)

^eDescribed as persistence in the results section, but as persistence or recurrence in the discussion section