Background and objectives: Hemorrhoids is the most prevalent rectal disease which is defined as enlargement of ano-rectal cushions.  Intensified pressure on vascular plexus of hemorrhoids seems playing a chief role in the development of hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoidectomy is an important surgery to relieve discomforts of patients that suffer from symptomatic hemorrhoids. This review ...

has been widely accepted as the main surgical treatment of hemorrhoids for a long history, but it is notorious for the level of post operative pain the patient must endure, coupled with a long recuperation period. Stapled hemorrhoidopexy was presented as a procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids (PPH) in 1998 by Longo. From the view points of lesser post operative pain and short recuperation period...

OBJECTIVE The combination of tribenoside+lidocaine (Procto-Glyvenol®) is a medical preparation for the local treatment of hemorrhoids, delivered as a suppository or rectal cream. This product has been used for decades in the therapy of hemorrhoids. This review discusses available evidence on the use of tribenoside/lidocaine in clinical practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Papers were retrieved by ...

BACKGROUND For early-stage hemorrhoids, in which bleeding is the primary symptom, conventional approaches to management include injection of sclerosing solutions, band ligation, and infrared coagulation. In our study, we used the radiofrequency coagulation technique as an alternative strategy to treat early-stage hemorrhoids. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 210 patients with bleeding hemorrh...

BACKGROUND The medical treatment for hemorrhoids has undergone significant changes on introduction of new pharmaceutical agents in the last decade. Euphorbia Prostrata is a new molecule used for grade I and II hemorrhoids. Beneficial effects of the Euphorbia prostrata in hemorrhoids have multiple mechanisms that are due to its active constituents flavonoids, tannins and phenolic acid. This pilo...

Hemorrhoid is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders seen by the general practitioners. Hemorrhoids have several treatment modalities and diagnosis. In initial stages conservative treatments can be applied, but over a period when the hemorrhoids get worst, the disease should be treated by several non-operative treatments like, Sclerotherapy, rubber bend ligation, infrared photocoagul...

â  background treatment of hemorrhoid disease is one of the most challenging fields in general surgery in which different methods are used to treat this condition. in this study, we compared the manometric and clinical results of three treatment methods for hemorrhoids. me t hod s a total of 150 patients with symptomatic grades ii or iii internal hemorrhoids were randomly assigned to three grou...

BACKGROUND Catechins and epicatechins are monomers of naturally occurring proanthocyanidins, which have been reported with free radical scavenging, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antiallergic, and vasodilatory properties. Plant parts rich in proanthocyanidins have been used for years in treatment of various ano-rectal diseases. This study compares the efficacy of two herbal preparations, Daflon...

PURPOSE To estimate the incidence of acute and late lower gastrointestinal tract toxicity (LGIT) in patients treated with 3D conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) for localized prostate cancer (PC) and estimate the influence of dosimetric parameters and other possible factors. METHODS Ninety-four patients with localized PC treated with 3DCRT, with an estimated risk of lymph node involvement ?15%, ac...

Hemorrhoids is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases. There are several therapeutic options associated with some complications. Therefore, researchers look for traditional medicines as a potential resource for introduction of new natural drugs. The current study reports an evidence-based review of herbal remedies for hemorrhoids in traditional Persian medicine. A comprehensive survey...