Guide To Getting A Hemorrhoidectomy

Complications Of Hemorrhoids

While a surgical hemorrhoidectomy is known to be the most effective and successful method of treatment for severe hemorrhoids, it is also known to have the greatest rate of complications. Around five percent of patients who undergo a hemorrhoidectomy or other surgical procedures to treat hemorrhoids will have complications such as bleeding, the development of an infection, wounds that do not heal, urinary retention, and fistula formation. It is possible for an individual who undergoes a surgical procedure to treat their hemorrhoids to have an adverse or extreme reaction to the anesthesia.

Some individuals may have problems with passing stool if they experience excessive swelling near the area of the incisions. Some individuals experience more pain, discomfort, bleeding, discharge, and itching in the days that follow their hemorrhoid surgery than others. The most common complication reported with surgical procedures used to treat hemorrhoids is persistent pain that may be disabling for two weeks following surgery.