Laser hemorrhoidectomy is a procedure where the hemorrhoids or the bleeding piles are removed by the laser technique. When you suffer from hemorrhoids you may be confuse a little on which treatment option to rely on? You may have a confusion of whether to go for non surgical means or surgical methods which offer a permanent solution. Once you have opted for a surgery, you may again get confused whether to go for a traditional hemorrhoidectomy or a laser hemorrhoidectomy.
With the developing technology and also in this world of excessive competition you can better opt for a laser hemorrhoidectomy, because laser hemorrhoidectomy is much simpler and faster procedure.
In the laser hemorrhoidectomy, the proctologists use different types of laser like the Nd YAG laser or CO2 laser. Both offer similar results. In the laser hemorrhoidectomy, the carbon dioxide laser beam is used to burn out the excessively grown tissue. It also burns out the nerve endings and the small arterioles supplying the growth.
The indications for laser hemorrhoidectomy are acute hemorrhoids and recurrent hemorrhoids. The laser hemorrhoidectomy is one among the best methods to cure the hemorrhoids or bleeding piles.
Laser hemorrhoidectomy is superior to the traditional hemorrhoidectomy in many ways. First the laser hemorrhoidectomy can be done as an outpatient procedure. Also the intra operative and post operative discomforts are very minimal when compared to the surgical or the traditional hemorrhoidectomy.
Since the part to be operated is a very personal and sensitive area, the patients often feel embarrassed to get operated. That is why they go for the non surgical treatment modalities. Even if they opt for surgery, the lithotomy position in which the surgery has to be conducted is very embarrassing and also painful since the surgical hemorrhoidectomy takes at least half an hour to get completed.
In the laser hemorrhoidectomy, the patient need not suffer a lot. The laser hemorrhoidectomy takes a few minutes to get completed and there is little embarrassment. There is minimal or no post operative pain in laser hemorrhoidectomy as the laser beam burn out the nerve endings. The surgeon is also very comfortable in the laser comfortable because the laser beams used in the laser hemorrhoidectomy cauterizes the blood vessels and offer the surgeon a bloodless field to operate with.
There is also no emission of smoke or sparking while using the laser compared to the cautery used in the traditional hemorrhoidectomy. The laser hemorrhoidectomy is done under local anesthesia. There is no need for any hospital stay post operatively. The patient can carry over their day to day activities within an hour or two after the laser hemorrhoidectomy.