Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of modified Milligan-Morgan (M-M) hemorrhoidectomy and Ruiyun procedure for hemorrhoids (RPH) in the treatment of prolapsed circumferential hemorrhoids in middle-aged and elderly women.Methods A total of 124 middle-aged and elderly female patients with prolapsed circumferential hemorrhoids who were treated in our hospital from January 2018 to January 2019 were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, with 62 cases in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with RPH and M-M hemorrhoidectomy, while the patients in the observation group were treated with RPH and M-M hemorrhoidectomy combined with anal cushion suspension and skin bridge plastic surgery. The duration of operation, intraoperative blood loss, and length of hospital stay; hemorrhage during a bowel movement, wound pain, and perianal edema 4 days after the surgery; the effective rate of the treatment 1 month after the surgery; the perianal skin tags, anorectal stenosis and anal morphology 3 months after the surgery were observed and compared between the two groups.Results The duration of operation of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the length of hospital stay and intraoperative blood loss between the two groups (P > 0.05). The scores of wound pain, hemorrhage during a bowel movement, and perianal edema 4 days after the surgery were lower in the observation group than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The overall effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group at 1 month after operation (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in anorectal stenosis score between the two groups 3 months after the surgery (P > 0.05), while scores of the perianal skin tags and anal morphology 3 months after the surgery in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusions RPH and M-M hemorrhoidectomy combined with anal cushion suspension and skin bridge plastic surgery can significantly improve the symptoms of external hemorrhoids and mucosal prolapse in middle-aged and elderly female patients with prolapsed circumferential hemorrhoids, and reduce postoperative hemorrhage during a bowel movement, wound pain, perianal edema and perianal skin tags. Thus, the modified M-M hemorrhoidectomy and RPH are worthy of further application in clinical practice.