A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Laser Intra-Hemorrhoidal Coagulation and Milligan-Morgan Hemorrhoidectomy.

CONCLUSIONS: Intra-hemorrhoidal coagulation with 980-nm diode laser reduces postoperative pain, intra-operative bleeding, and administered analgesics with a comparable resolution rate of hemorrhoid symptoms. However, for the patients who experience complications, such as hemorrhoidal thrombosis, the overall pain may be equivalent to or even worse than conventional hemorrhoidectomy. PMID: 27806213 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Investigative Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: J Invest Surg Source Type: research