Operative hemorrhoidectomy versus cryodestruction.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1979
Abstract
Twenty-six patients were treated for hemorrhoids by a combination of cryodestruction and closed operative hemorrhoidectomy. Patients were able to draw their own conclusions about the efficacies of these treatments. They had no difficulty in distinguishing exactly which area was causing pain. The operative site was a source of greater pain until the second day after the procedure, when the pain resulting from cryodestruction equalled surgical pain; then cryodestruction associated pain continued longer. Cryodestruction was associated with production of a foul discharge. Residual hemorrhoids were present in 50 per cent of patients' cryodestruction sites. Given the choice at the one year follow-up examination, 65 per cent preferred surgical treatment and 35 per cent preferred cryodestruction.
Volume
22
Issue
1
First Page
10
Last Page
16
ISSN
0012-3706
Published In/Presented At
Smith, L. E., Goodreau, J. J., & Fouty, W. J. (1979). Operative hemorrhoidectomy versus cryodestruction. Diseases of the colon and rectum, 22(1), 10–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586749
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
421639
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article