Hemorrhoids surgery options include:
Rubber Band Ligation: Using a small rubber band, blood flow to the hemorrhoid is severed causing the hemorrhoid to become dry. If the patient has more than one hemorrhoid, each one is taken up one after the other. Sometimes the surgeon also uses a medicine to reduce the size of the hemorrhoids.
Infrared Coagulations: Applied both for internal and external hemorrhoids, but only when the hemorrhoids are small. In this procedure, a laser is used to target the base of the hemorrhoids and burn it, and when it has been burned the blood flow naturally stops.
Removing Blood Clot: Another small surgery that is applied for those having external hemorrhoids. After numbing with an anesthetic, the blood clot present in the affected area is just cut off.
Cryotherapy: This surgery involves freezing the hemorrhoid by removing the tissues. Liquid nitrogen first burns the tissues and when they start to heal, the surface cells are removed. Cryosurgery is also much similar to Cryotherapy, but this is applied when the situation is graver and needs a deeper freezing.
Hemorrhoidectomy: doctors usually recommend this when the internal and external hemorrhoid is relatively bigger in size and the condition is serious. Hospitalization is necessary and the recovery time is also longer. The patient also needs home rest after the hemorrhoid has been surgically removed using a laser. It is advisable to avoid this as a Hemorrhoidectomy can lead to complications.
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