Clinical observation on prognosis of mixed hemorrhoids treated with polidocanol injection combined with automatic elastic thread ligation operation.

Background: A total of 100 patients diagnosed with mixed hemorrhoids from October 2022 to September 2023 in our hospital were randomly divided into groups by dice rolling and compared with the efficacy of different treatment options.

Aim: To analyze the clinical effect and prognosis of mixed hemorrhoids treated with polidocanol injection combined with automatic elastic thread ligation operation (RPH).

Methods: A total of 100 patients with mixed hemorrhoids who visited our hospital from October 2022 to September 2023 were selected and randomly divided into the control group ( = 50) and the treatment group ( = 50) by rolling the dice. The procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids (PPH) was adopted in the control group, while polidocanol foam injection + RPH was adopted in the treatment group. The therapeutic effects, operation time, wound healing time, hospital stay, pain situation (24 hours post-operative pain score, first defecation pain score), quality of life (QOL), incidence of complications (post-operative hemorrhage, edema, infection), incidence of anal stenosis 3 months post-operatively and recurrence rate 1 year post-operatively of the two groups were compared.

Results: Compared with the control group, the total effective rate of treatment group was higher, and the difference was significant ( < 0.05). The operation time/wound healing time/hospital stay in the treatment group were shorter than those in the control group ( < 0.05). The pain scores at 24 hours after operation/first defecation pain score of the treatment group was significantly lower than those in the control group ( < 0.05). After surgery, the QOL scores of the two groups decreased, with the treatment group having higher scores than that of the control group ( < 0.05). Compared with the control group, the incidence of postoperative complications in the treatment group was lower, and the difference was significant ( < 0.05); However, there was no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative bleeding between the two groups ( > 0.05); There was no significant difference in the incidence of anal stenosis 3 months after operation and the recurrence rate 1 year after operation between the two groups ( > 0.05).

Conclusion: For patients with mixed hemorrhoids, the therapeutic effect achieved by using polidocanol injection combined with RPH was better. The wounds of the patients healed faster, the postoperative pain was milder, QOL improved, and the incidence of complications was lower, and the short-term and long-term prognosis was good.