Hemorrhoids

2023: Painless method of hemorrhoids removal based on electrosurgery began to be used in Russia

At the Moscow State Medical University named after Sechenov created a method of treating hemorrhoids without pain - with the help of argon gas. The press service of the university told about this at the end of June 2023.

Doctors of the Clinic of Faculty Surgery No. 2 of the University Clinical Hospital No. 4 of Sechenov University were the first in the Russian Federation to use contactless argonoplasma coagulation, collecting several gentle treatments in one method. It carefully affects the tissues, seals the vessels after removing the hemorrhoidal node and almost to zero reduces the risk of postoperative bleeding, the developers say. According to them, the patient can leave the clinic the next day, and he does not need a long stay on sick leave.

Sechenov Moscow State Medical University created a method of treating hemorrhoids with argon

Argonoplasma coagulation is a minimally invasive non-contact method of electrosurgery that allows you to act on tissues with high-frequency current energy. At the same time, the argon plasma coagulator serves as a scalpel. The torch of argon plasma - the ionized gas of argon - heats the tissues, so that they instantly burn and dry out, which practically eliminates postoperative bleeding.

Another advantage of argonoplasma coagulation is that it allows you to do without stitching arteries and vessels, since it effectively seals them: the diameter of hemorrhoidal vessels is on average 2 mm, and argonoplasma coagulation allows you to coagulate vessels up to 5 mm.

A patient trial of the procedure showed that compared to conventional monopolar coagulation, which by mid-2023 is also a common treatment for hemorrhoids, the pain syndrome was significantly less - patients noted their pain level every day on a 10-point visual-analog scale. They were able to leave the clinic the day after treatment. Patent documents are currently being prepared.^[1]

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