Hemorrhoids surgery with Longo method: less pain, quick recovery

According to the study of the Vietnam Association of Anorectomy, the prevalence of hemorrhoids in our country is quite high, from 50-55% of the population, mainly concentrated in the working age.

The main symptoms of the disease include: bleeding in defecation, convex hemorrhoids, pain and anal discharge.

Although not threatening the lives of patients, but greatly affecting the work, living makes the quality of life of patients seriously reduced. Especially hemorrhoids III, IV and hemorrhoids with complications are hemorrhoids that can only be treated by surgery.

Before 1993, there were many different methods of hemorrhoids such as Milligan Morgan, Whitehead, Toupet . and various methods for surgery such as electric knife, laser knife, hemorrhoids with high frequency burners .

Although these methods have achieved certain results, the treatment mechanism takes hemorrhoids from the edge of the anus to the root of the hemorrhoids and then cuts them off, causing a large anal wound to be the area with many The nerve endings feel the pain that makes people suffer from chronic pain after surgery, long hospital stay, especially after surgery causing anal scars and anal anus.

The recovery time of surgery patients by the old method is about 3-4 weeks.

In 1993, the Italian anatomist Antonio Longo (Italian) introduced a new method of using stapler surgery (PPH03) made by Johnson & Johnson USA at the meeting of rectal anatomy surgery in Palermo and was highly appreciated. high.

Based on new findings on the pathogenesis of hemorrhoids, the principle of Longo method is to preserve the hemorrhoids in normal physiological position, reduce or completely cut blood flow to hemorrhoids and cut The mucosa goes out of the anus and part of the hemorrhoids is caused by hemorrhoids.

The preeminent point is that this method does not cut the skin in the anal canal, but lift the hemorrhoids and mucosa to the inside of the rectum, where no nerve endings feel pain and cut the stitch in the rectum.

Therefore, the outstanding advantage of Longo method is that there is very little pain after surgery, the surgery time is about 15-20 minutes and the hospital stay is possible in just one day, not causing anal scars, wet anal.

Currently the Longo method is the first choice for hemorrhoids surgery of analists worldwide.

Currently, this method is being popularly applied in Vietnam such as Trang An Hospital, Viet-Duc Hospital, Hospital 108, Bach Mai, St Paul, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cho Ray , Perfect…

Doctor Nguyen Hoang Hoa