Characterization of Patients who Underwent Hemorrhoid Surgery using the Turell Surgical Technique
Keywords:
surgical hemorrhoids, hemorrhoidectomy, Turell techniqueAbstract
Introduction: Hemorrhoidal disease is one of the most common diseases in the Western world. However, most of those who suffer from it will remain asymptomatic or respond to conservative treatments, as only a small percentage of them will require surgery.
Objective: To characterize patients who underwent hemorrhoid surgery using the Turell surgical technique.
Method: A prospective longitudinal descriptive study was conducted with 67 patients who underwent hemorrhoid surgery using the Turell hemorrhoidectomy technique in the Coloproctology Department of the Vladimir I. Lenin Hospital in Holguín, during the period from September 2016 to December 2017.
Results: Most patients were male (62.6%) and in the 40-49 age group (43.2%). The most common symptoms were protrusion (100%), followed by bleeding (91%). Seventy-three percent of those operated on experienced severe pain in the immediate postoperative period. Urinary retention and skin fibroma were the most common complications, each occurring in two patients (2.9%). One patient presented with bleeding and a perianal abscess. Healing time ranged from three to six weeks, with 73% of patients undergoing surgery taking around four weeks; healing was good in 91%, fair in 7.4%, and poor in 1.4%.
Conclusions: The surgical technique devised by Turell for the treatment of hemorrhoids is effective, as it achieves greater well-being for the patients operated on.
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