Cryotherapy for Post-Hemorrhoidectomy Pain

Sex: All

Ages: 18 Years – N/A

Healthy volunteers: No

Phase: NA

Enrollment: 114

Sponsor: Cairo University

Location: Faculty of medicine, Cairo University Cairo Al-Manial, Cairo, Egypt

Summary

This prospective, patient-blinded randomized controlled trial will be conducted at Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University. Adult patients with grade III or IV hemorrhoids undergoing elective Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy will be randomized (1:1) to either conventional hemorrhoidectomy or hemorrhoidectomy followed by intra-anal cryotherapy. All patients will undergo standardized preoperative assessment and receive the same postoperative analgesia and care. Postoperative pain will be assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), with follow-up at postoperative day 2 and at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with with third or fourth degree haemorrhoids for elective Haemorrhoidectomy and their age greater than 18 years old. Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent anal pathology (e.g., anal fissure, fistula, ) * Patients planned for synchronous procedures * Patients with inflammatory bowel disease * Patients with impaired anal sphincter function or fecal incontinence

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07714122). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.