Symptomatic pile tailored procedure. A new perspective for hemorrhoidal disease treatment

AIM: Aim of the present paper was to evaluate the role of tailored different single pile treatment in the clinical outcome of hemorrhoids. MATERIAL OF STUDY: The surgical strategy considered to treat only pathological piles with different procedure according to each pathological Goligher's degree, presence of fibrous, inelastic redundant internal pile(F) and presence of external pathological pile (external pile congestion or subversion of dental line (E) and skin tag not tolerated from the patient (5)). We treated with Hemorrhoidopexy second and third degree pile without F or ES; with Hemorrhoidopexy and excision of external component every second and third degree pile with E or S and with complete semi-closed pile excision all third degree with F and IV degree piles. The number of post operative days of self administered analgesics was the primary end point and short/long term. post operative complications, hospital stay, re-admission and recurrence were secondary end points. RESULTS: 157 patients were treated. No differences were noted in term of time of discharge between hemorrhoidopexy and complete or external excision. The painkiller assumption increases with the number of treated pile (r=0.227, p=0.006). We observed 10.2% early complications (48h) all secondary to urinary retention and 7% late complications (2-15days) within only one reoperation for bleeding. After mean follow up of 16 months no patients required further treatments for hemorrhoids. DISCUSSIONS: A tailored approach showed to be effective in terms of short and long term complications and moreover to relapse. CONCLUSIONS: Single pile tailored treatment showed good results.