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ABSTRACT:Introduction:Manysurgicalandnon‐surgicaltreatmentmodalitiesareavailableformanagementofhemorrhoidsofwhichHaemorrhoidectomyisregardedasthegoldstandardoftreatment.ConventionalopenHaemorrhoidectomyiswidelyperformed&hasstoodthetestoftime.StapledHaemorrhoidectomyisnewerprocedureinthemanagementofhaemorrhoids.Ourstudyaimstocomparethetwosurgicalmodalitiesinrelationtothetechnique&timedurationofsurgery,post‐operativestay&complications.Methods:AprospectiverandomizedstudywasconductedatAMCMETMMC&LGhospitalsAhmedabadbetween1stJanuary2016&1stSept2016.Allpatientspresentingwith3rddegreehaemorrhoidswererandomizedbetweenOpen&StapledHaemorrhoidectomygroups&comparedwithrelationtomeanoperativetiming,complicationspostoperativelynamelyhemorrhage,urinaryretention&post‐operativepain,durationofhospitalstay,durationforresumingnormalworkafterdischarge.Allcaseswerethoroughlystudiedandfollowedupforperiodof3months.Datawasassessedbymulti‐variationanalysisbypairedTtest&Wilcoxonanalysis.