Laser to Cure Fissure
Do you feel a burning sensation or a pinching sensation when moving your bowels. An anal fissure is a condition that results from a tear in your skin near the anal opening. Anal fissures are most commonly caused by hard stool, constipation, and injury to the anus. Anal fissures can also be caused by chronic diarrhoea or sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, tuberculosis and inflammatory bowel syndrome.
There are many home remedies that you might have tried, such as eating a fibrous diet or hydrating with fluids. You may also try taking over-the-counter laxatives for soft stool. Although these remedies may temporarily relieve your symptoms, the pain often returns within a few days. There have been many treatments for anal fissures over the years. Among the many options for anal fissure treatment, lateral inner sphincterotomy is the most popular.
Method of treatment
LIS is a procedure that requires general anesthesia to prevent recurrence after suture ligation. Common complications such as excessive bleeding or faecal problems can occur, but they usually resolve quickly within a few days.
Laser treatment of fissures is a new way to overcome the limitations of LIS. It is normal to be anxious about having to have surgery done using a scalpel (surgical blade) at the site of pain. This is where a laser can come in handy.
Laser surgery is a new, minimally invasive (aggressive), technique.
The Fissure doctor will first explain the treatment and the results.
- Your Fissure doctor will inform you that you will need to be anesthetized for between six and eight hours.
- The doctor will anesthetize you and use a laser electrocoagulation method to treat your fissure.
- Laser electrocoagulation is a technique that treats the fissure using a laser beam.
- First, the laser beam is used to shine the granular and fibrous tissue that forms the fissure in the anal opening.
- The area around the ulcer (sore), is then irradiated, without affecting the sphincter muscle.
- The submucosal of the anus is then treated with a fraction mode laser. This is a step that promotes healing and rejuvenation at the wound site. The submucosa, which is composed of blood vessels and nerves, is located beneath the mucous membrane.
- Regeneration and rejuvenation are therefore helpful in reducing pain, bleeding, and swelling.
- All of the procedures can be performed easily in an outpatient clinic with local anesthesia.
- After the procedure is completed, you will be asked for follow-up after six to one years.
Also Read: Anal Fissure Signs
Advantages of Laser Surgery
Laser surgery has many advantages over conservative sphincterotomy. Below are some of the important benefits of laser surgery:
- Laser sealing the nerve endings reduces post-operative pain.
- Because the blood vessels are sealed, there is little blood loss.
- Because the laser completely closes off the wound after surgery, there is no infection risk
- This reduces the time required to visit the Fissure doctor in Kolkata for the procedure by half.
Conclusion
Laser surgery for Fissure Treatment can be considered one of the most effective, simple and safe methods.
We committed to providing excellent care for our patients. We offer extensive support during procedures. Visit www.drazharalam.com for more information about lasers that can treat fissures. Consult with our team of surgeons to determine the best course of action.
About Docor
Dr. Azhar Alam
MBBS (Honours), MRCS A (UK),
DNB General Surgery
FIAGES (Gastro Intestinal Surgery)
FMAS (Minimal Access Surgery),
MNAMS (New Delhi)
Consultant Gastrointestinal, Advanced Laparoscopic and Laser Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery, KPC Medical College and Hospital
