Piles Treatment

Laser HemorrhoidoPlasty Laser Hemorrhoidectomy

Pathogenesis

Haemorrhoids:

  • Everybody has haemorrhoids
  • Fine tuning of the rectal closure
  • 30-50% of the people over 50 have enlarged haemorrhoids
  • 75% of the hemorrhoids progress in size if they are no treated

Causes for Haemorrhoids:

  • Wrong diet – too less fibers and liquids
  • Diarrhea
  • Misuse of laxative
  • Too much pressure, long toilet time
  • High sphincter tonus
  • Pregnancy

Hemorrhoid Laser Procedure

Usual  treatment options :

  • Change of diet and lifestyle (Grade I)
  • Lotions, medicaments, ointments (Grade I)
  • Rubber band, sclerotherapy, infrared coagulation (Grade I + II)
  • Closed surgery: Stapler Hemorrhoidopexy (Grade III)
  • Open surgery: Milligan-Morgan, Parks (Grade III + IV)‏

Conventional Hemorrhoidoplasty

Facts on Hemorrhoidoplasty:

  • Couple of days until a week in hospital
  • Pain for 7-10 days
  • Postoperative bleeding
  • Infections
  • Abces
  • Problems with sitting
  • Open wounds need 4-6 weeks to heel
  • Necessity of taking baths

Three treatment principles with laser:

  • Reduction of the hemorrhoidal tissue, not total destruction/excision
  • Reconstruction of the natural anatomy
  • Non touch of the anoderm

Laser Hemorrhoidoplasty (LHP)‏

LHP Plattform

  • Diode Laser 980/1470nm
  • LHP Fiber : Delivery of energy in conical shape

Characteristics of lasers fibres

Standard is bare fibre


Working mechanism: High temperatures on fibre tip lead to hot neadle effect. Temperature gradient to surrounding tissue structures.


Homogeneous radiation on certain tissue region. No hot
spots. No carbonisation.

The influence of the laser wavelength

Laser Hemorrhoidoplasty (LHP)

Advantages:

  • Painless procedure
  • Outpatient or short hospital stay (overnight)
  • Short down times
  • No stenosis
  • No incontinence
  • No mucosa damaging
  • No foreign body insertion (no clamp complications)‏
  • No application of medicaments
  • Less complications
  • Several repetitions possible

Pilonidal cyst/ sinus

Symptoms

Usually present with abcess formation

Traditional Excision

Less symptomatic disease

  • Soiling
  • Perineal mass
  • itching

Pilonidal cyst

Therapeutic Goal

Laser Operative Technique

Laser Operative Technique

Operative Technique

Advantages

  • Safe procedure
  • Smaller wounds
  • Less pain
  • Low complication rate
  • Early „Return to work“
  • High patient satisfaction
  • Daycare or outpatient surgery possible