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Clinical Analysis of the Hemorrhoidectomy with Pure Local Anesthesia.: Oh, Chang Seok , Lee, Yong Jik , Ko, Soo Jong , Lee, Young Taek; J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2007;23(1):22-27.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/jksc.2007.23.1.22

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We hoped to evaluate the possibility of substitution of the local anesthesia for the spinal anesthesia in hemorrhoidectomy.
METHODS
We did Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia for the sixty- eight patients from January 1998 to December 2005. These patients were compared with seventy-nine patients of spinal anesthesia, sampled with similar gender, age, a surgeon, retrospectively. We used a mixture of 0.5% lidocaine and 1:200,000 epinephrine into perianal skin and intersphincteric space.
RESULTS
The male-to-female ratio was 1:1 in local anesthesia group and 1:0.84 in spinal anesthesia group. The mean age was 50 and 46 respectively. The number of excised pile was 3.9 and 3.8 respectively. The frequency of the analgegics injected within first 24 hours was 1.79 and 2.70 respectively (P=0.001). The frequency of the urinary catheterization was 0.07 and 0.69 respectively (P < 0.001). The first bowel movement after surgery was 1.2 days and 1.6 days respectively. The hospital stay was 6.4 days and 8.1 days respectively (P=0.06). CONCLUISIONS: Local anesthesia is simple, safe and effective in the hemorrhoidectomy.

Ambulatory Hemorrhoidectomy under Local Anesthesia.: Kim, Jae Han , Kim, Byung Cheol , Jang, Jeong Hwan , Kim, Cheong Yong; J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2001;17(5):213-219.

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Hemorrhoidectomy can be associated with severe pain in the immediate postoperative period. The aim of this study was to evaluate the advantages and feasibility of hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia (pudendal nerve block).
METHODS
From september 1998 to August 2000 we performed 77 hemorrhoidectomy with local anesthesia in our Colorectal unit under the ambulatory surgery regimen. 0.5% lidocaine and 0.25% bupivacaine mixed by 1:1 ratio were used for pudendal nerve block and local anesthesia.
RESULTS
Using pudendal nerve block, ambulatory hemorrhoidectomy with or without band ligation were done in 77 patients. Male to female ratio was 46:31, mean age was 35.2 years. 3 major piles plus 1 minor pile were present in 40 patients (51.9%). We injected mixed lidocaine and bupivacaine solution through external sphincter and puborectalis muscle. All patients were successfully operated without conversion to general anesthesia or even intravenous anesthetic injection. Postoperative pain of them were compared the patients who were operated hemorrhoidectomy under general (spinal or caudal) anesthesia during the same time. The pain were assessed using verbal rating pain scale at 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours (1-10, where 1 presented no pain and 10 represented the worst pain imaginable) by phone call examination. Mean pain scores for pudendal anesthesia group at 24, 48, 72 hours were 5.32, 3.07 and 2.21, respectively, compared with other anesthesia group with 6.47, 4.52 and 3.24. These differences were statistically significant (P value<0.05). Post operative pain was successfully controlled with home care and oral medications.
CONCLUSIONS
Under local anesthesia with pudendal nerve block, ambulatory hemorrhoidectomy were able to decrease pain and urinary retension in comparison to spinal or caudal anesthesia group. Ambulatory hemorrhoidectomy is useful, low cost and feasible.

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