OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe the clinical results of intrahemorrhoidal application of a diode laser. BACKGROUND DATA Hemorrhoids are a common source of pain, and no surgical technique achieves a painless outcome. Endovascular laser therapy for varicose veins as described in an experimental study is a method that could be used in the treatment of hemorrhoids, but there are few clinic...

Procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoid (PPH) is well recognized alternative to the traditional hemorrhoidectomy, and is associated with reduced pain and earlier return to normal activity. Over the past decade, there have been reports of severe life-threatening complications after a PPH, although the incidence is very low. Rectal perforation due to staple-line dehiscence is one of the serious compli...

OBJECTIVES Control of postoperative symptoms is of paramount importance in proctologic surgery. Phlebotropic activity, protective effect on the capillaries and anti-inflammatory properties of the flavonoids have been reported in several studies. They have been used to treat a variety of conditions including chronic venous insufficiency, lymphedema and hemorrhoids. Numerous trials, assessing the...

The effect of four days of preoperative lactulose on posthaemorrhoidectomy pain was studied in a prospective double blind randomized trial. All patients received lactulose on admission to hospital, 20 received lactulose for four days before admission, and 22 received placebo. The preoperative lactulose treatment group suffered significantly less pain on defecation for the first four days that t...

The study aimed to compare cost-effectiveness of analgesic schemes administered to 89 patients submitted to hemorrhoidectomy, on the 1st postoperative day. The descriptive and retrospective study was carried out in a General Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil. In order to carry out the cost-effectiveness analysis, the five most frequently used analgesic schemes were identified in practice. The main ou...

conclusions doppler-guided hemorrhoid artery ligation is a safe and easy method for treating hemorrhoidal disease, but its results should be interpreted carefully, especially in grade iv of the disease. patients and methods one hundred patients were enrolled in this study and divided randomly into two groups of fifty patients. each group either underwent the milligan-morgan procedure or the dop...