INFRARED PHOTOCOAGULATION EFFECTIVENESS IN HEMORRHOIDS TREATMENT

The article’s purpose is to analyze the effectiveness of infrared photocoagulation in hemorrhoids treatment. The retrospective single-center study conducted in the period from 2024 to 2025 reveals the results of treating 116 patients with chronic hemorrhoids. The research applies infrared photocoagulation for treating grade I–III hemorrhoidal disease. The authors assess the method’s effectiveness by the level of pain syndrome and complications frequency on days 3, 7, and 14 after photocoagulation, as well as disease recurrence probability three months after the procedure. Infrared photocoagulation is a minimally invasive method of treating grade I–III hemorrhoids. It shows a significant reduction in bleeding to 3.4% and a decrease in pain to 0–1 points on a visual analogue scale 14 days after the photocoagulation procedure. The aforementioned technique has the following characteristics: a low probability of developing such complications as pruritus (2.6%) and bleeding (3.4%) as well as short-term disability for 4 ± 2.3 days on average. Although the procedure exhibits high short-term clinical efficacy, a 25% recurrence of hemorrhoidal cushion prolapse is observed three months post-operation. Infrared photocoagulation is an effective treatment for chronic hemorrhoids. Nevertheless, the specified method requires further research aimed at reducing the frequency of disease recurrence.

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