Outpatient treatment of haemorrhoids by cryotherapy.
The treatment of haemorrhoids by cryosurgery is fairly new. One hundred cases have been analysed and the results presented as a preliminary report. Although the maximum follow-up is only 18 months, so far the results have been encouraging, and should they be maintained this method of outpatient haemorrhoidectomy could dramatically alter the management of this condition.
D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male