ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy and safety of automatic ligation of hemorrhoids (ALH) and procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids (PPH) in the treatment of elderly patients with hemorrhoids. MethodsOne hundred and eighty elderly patients with hemorrhoids who were admitted into the First People's Hospital of Jining City from January 2012 to December 2014 were enrolled. According to the operative mode, the patients were divided into ALH group and PPH group, with 90 cases in each group, received ALH and PPH treatment respectively. The postoperative pain, urinary retention, edema, bleeding, infection, anal swelling and anal stenosis were observed in the two groups, and two methods of operation were evaluated in terms of operation time, intraoperative bleeding, postoperative bleeding, postoperative pain, healing time, hospitalization expenses and postoperative complications. ResultsThe VAS scores of the ALH group in the day 1-3 after operation were lower than that of the PPH group, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05); the frequency of the use of analgesics in ALH group was less than that in PPH group (P < 0.01); the amount of blood loss and the healing time of the ALH group were significantly less or shoter than those of the PPH group (P < 0.01); the incidence of postoperative urinary retention in the ALH group was 2.22% (2/90), which was significantly lower than that of the PPH group, 27.78% (25/90), the difference was statistically significant (χ2=23.050, P=0.000); the incidence of perianal edema after operation in the ALH group was 5.56% (5/90), which was significantly lower than that of PPH group of 15.56% (14/90), the difference was statistically significant (χ2=4.766, P=0.029). There was no obvious postoperative bleeding in the ALH group(0/90), while the incidence of postoperative bleeding in the PPH group was 7.78% (7/90), and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (Fisher's exact test, P=0.007). The efficiency of ALH group was 98.89% (89/90) and the PPH group was 97.78% (88/90), the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant (χ2=0.339, P=0.560). Conciusions There is no significant difference between ALH and PPH in the treatment of elderly patients with hemorrhoids, but ALH has the advantages of less pain, quicker recovery and fewer complications, it is worthy of popularization and application.
Objective To investigate clinical effects of modified Xiaozhiling injection with anal cushion suspensory fixation in treatment of prolapsed hemorrhoids. Methods From January 2012 to June 2013, 150 hospitalized patients with Ⅱ and Ⅲ degrees internal hemorrhoids and mixed hemorrhoid, with prolapsing as the main clinical manifestations, were included prospectively, then subsequently randomly divided into a modified Xiaozhiling injection with anal cushion suspensory fixation group (observation group), a procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids (PPH) group, and a classic Milligan-Morgan surgery (M-M) group. The Xiaozhiling injection with saline by 1:1 mixture was injected into the rectum submucosa and perirectal gap and the anal cushion suspensory fixation were performed for the treatment of prolapsed hemorrhoids in the observation group. The operations of the PPH group and M-M group were same as the convention. The treatment effect, hospitalization time, hospital expenses, postoperative complications, and recurrence were compared among these 3 groups. Results ① Fourty-nine cases were cured and 1 case was improved in the observation group, 48 cases were cured and 2 cases were improved in the PPH group, 48 cases were cured and 2 cases were improved in the M-M group, the treatment effects had no significant differences among these 3 groups (χ2=0.411, P=0.814). ② The hospitalization time and hospitalization expenses of the observation group were significantly less than those of the PPH group (P<0.001) and the M-M group (P<0.001). ③ No prolapse of hemorrhoids and infection happened on day 1, 2, 3, 7, and 14 among these 3 groups. The pains of the observation group were slighter on day 1, 2, 3, 7, and 14 as compared with the PPH group (except on day 14,P<0.05) and the M-M group (P<0.05). The anus bulges had no significant difference between the observation group and the PPH group (except on day 1,P>0.05), which of the observation group were significantly slighter than those of the M-M group (P<0.05). The bleeding on day 2 and 3 and the perianal edema on day 3 had no significant difference between the observation group and the PPH group (P>0.05), which of the observation group were significantly slighter than those of the M-M group (P<0.05). The urinary retention had no significant difference on day 1–3 among these 3 groups (P>0.05). ④ The anal stenosis, anal continence, and hemorrhoids recurrence on month 1, 6, and 12 had no significant differences among these 3 groups (P>0.05). Conclusions Modified Xiaozhiling injection with anal cushion suspensory fixation in treatment of prolapsed hemorrhoids could effectively make anal cushion fixation, eliminate main symptoms of bleeding and prolapse, preserve anal function well. It’s clinical efficacy is same as PPH and M-M methods, with a shorter hospitalization time, less hospitalization expenses, milder postoperative complications, and lower recurrence rate.