[Using a compression method after surgical treatment of hemorrhoids]

A compression method was used as a final stage of surgical treatment of hemorrhoids which was performed with a specially worked out compressing probe (two latex cuffs were mounted on the three-lumen rubber tube). The internal and external hemorrhoids were compressed after introduction of the probe into the anal canal and blowing up the cuffs. Comparative results of 103 operations are shown: in 67 patients the operation was finished with the introduction of an ointment tampon, in 36--with a compressing probe. Postoperative results judged by such symptoms as postoperative pains, bleedings, adaptation of the operation wound edges, retention of urine etc. showed that the compression method had considerable advantages over the control group.