Grading: Internal Hemorrhoid
- Grade I
- Present without prolapse
- Usually asymptomatic
- Grade II
- Some prolapse with spontaneous regression
- Grade III
- Prolapse with manual replacement
- Grade IV
- Prolapse with inability to replace Hemorrhoid
Management: Approach
- Grade I-II Internal Hemorrhoids
- Rubber Band ligation (Baron Ligation)
- Infrared Coagulation (IRC)
- Bipolar Electrocoagulation (BICAP)
- Low-Voltage direct current (Ultroid)
- Grade III-IV Internal Hemorrhoids
- Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy (Stapled Anopexy)
- Surgical Excision (Hemorrhoidectomy)
Surgical Excision (Hemorrhoidectomy):
- Most effective treatment to decrease recurrent symptoms in Grade III and IV Internal Hemorrhoids and mixed Hemorrhoids
- Absence from work for up to 4-6 weeks (much longer than with Rubber Band ligation)
- More painful post-operatively than Rubber Band ligation
- Complications: Perianal Skin Tags, Perirectal Abscess, anal fistula, anal leakage, anal stenosis and bleeding
Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy (Stapled Anopexy):
- Alternative management of Grade II to IV Hemorrhoids
- Interrupts Hemorrhoid blood supply by removing proximal mucosa and submucosa
- Staples are placed above the Dentate Line and bury into the mucosa over time
- Revisions are required twice as often as with Hemorrhoidectomy
- Common procedure in Europe
- High rate of persistent complications (30%)
- Pain post-Defecation
- Fecal urgency
- Awareness of staples in the rectum for months after the procedure
- Bleeding at the staple site
Management: Postoperative analgesia:
- NSAIDs
- OpioidAnalgesics
- Compounded preparations that offer post-operative analgesia
- Metrogel 10% applied topically three times daily
- Glyceryl Trinitrate ointment 0.2% applied twice daily
- Topical Nifedipine 0.3% and Lidocaine 1.5% ointment applied twice daily
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