Open Surgery vs Laser treatment for Piles

1. Dr Manas Tripathy Presents Open Surgery vs Laser treatment for Piles www.drmanastripathy.com

2. HEMORRHOIDS OR PILES Hemorrhoids are commonly known as piles are swollen blood vessels in the lower rectum as well as the anal canal which are abnormally engorged. During defecation slip out of place causing bleeding and rupture. A person’s daily lifestyle is affected as piles cause discomfort and itching. www.drmanastripathy.com

3. HEMORRHOIDS (PILES) TREATMENTS More than 50/60% of the patient especially in India present after having severe symptoms. The treatment of piles depends on the severity and the type of symptoms affecting the patient. Simple preventive measures like having a balanced fiber- rich diet and adequate water intake can reduce it. www.drmanastripathy.com

4. DIFFERENT TREATMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PILES Oral medications or topical suppositories. Small bleeding piles can be treated with this process. Ligation. This rubber band treatment works effectively on small internal hemorrhoids which occasionally bleed. The blood supply is cut-off with the help of a small rubber-band. As the band and hemorrhoids fall apart in a few days the wound takes one or two weeks to heal. This procedure sometimes produces mild discomfort and bleeding. www.drmanastripathy.com

5. DIFFERENT TREATMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PILES Injection sclerotherapy. In this procedure, one chemical injection, called sclerosant, is injected by the doctor into hemorrhoidal tissue, causing it to sclerise or dry and eventually fall off. This is a painless treatment when compared to the others but helpful only for small hemorrhoids. Piles that are not prolapsed can be ligated or injected. These are done in the outpatient clinic and do not require hospitalization. But these procedures may not be beneficial for larger hemorrhoids and usually need more than one setting. www.drmanastripathy.com

6. OPEN SURGERY FOR PILES AND ITS DRAWBACKS Surgical excision of hemorrhoids at all positions after ligating the base of the hemorrhoids with stitches is conventionally done as an open technique. Major drawbacks of this procedure are increased pain after a procedure, delayed recovery, and increased chances of anal stenosis especially if larger hemorrhoids are treated. www.drmanastripathy.com

7. STAPLER HEMORRHOIDECTOMY: A relatively novel technique, introduced over the last decade wherein circumferential hemorrhoidopexy is done using hemorrhoidal staplers. This procedure is comparatively less painful than the conventional technique. www.drmanastripathy.com

8. LASER TREATMENT FOR PILES www.drmanastripathy.com

9. LASER TREATMENT FOR PILES: Laser Treatment doesn’t need anesthesia, terminal arterioles of the upper rectal artery are identified by a Doppler transducer (20 MHz probe 3 mm) placed on a specially designed proctoscope. After identification, it promotes arteriolar electrofulguration at 980 nm fiber laser diode, causing interruption of hemorrhoidal flow. This procedure is repeated circumferentially, following the clockwise positions. It is the least painful, daycare procedure, no wounds or follow up dressing is required. www.drmanastripathy.com

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