Hemorrhoids Surgical Treatment

Hemorrhoids Surgical Treatment

Hemorrhoids are also known as Piles, which arise from congestion of internal and/or external venous plexuses around the anal canal. They are classified, depending on severity, into four points.

Hemorrhoids bleed but do not prolapse outside of the anal canal.
prolapse outside of the anal canal, usually upon defecation, but retract spontaneously.
Hemorrhoids require manual placement back inside of the anal canal after prolapsing,
Hemorrhoids consist of prolapsed tissue that cannot be manually replaced and is usually strangulated or thrombosed.

Symptoms associated with hemorrhoids include pain, bleeding, itching and mucus discharge.

In forth point prolapse, the area where the rectal mucous membrane meets the anal skin (the dentate line) is positioned almost outside the anal canal, and the rectal mucous membrane permanently occupies the muscular anal canal.

For more detailed about information, about the concepts of hemorrhoid anatomy as applied to rectal surgery, an alternative approach to the surgical treatment of hemorrhoids.

In order to explain the rational of the surgical treatment of hemorrhoids procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids it is helpful to take a moment to review some concepts of anatomy.