대한대장항문학회

52 cases of first and second degree hemorrhoids were treated with infrared<br>coagulation from September 1991 to August 1992 at outpatient department and had<br>results as follows.<br>1) The duration of each infrared coagulation was 1.5 seconds. Numbers of application<br>were varied in proportion to the size of hemorrhoid from 3 to 6 times. The Frequency<br>of infrared coagulation therapy was over the twice in 22 cases(42.3%) which was<br>prevalent in proportion to the degree of hemorrhoid.<br>2) Among 17 patients with first degree hemorrhoid, 16 cases(94.1%) were<br>symptomatically improved or asymptomatic. Among 35 patients with second degree<br>hemorrhoid, 28 cases(80%) were symptomatically improved or asymptomatic.<br>3) The main side effects were mild discomfort and pain which were rarely found.<br>Mild discomfort occurred in 3 cases(5.8%) and pain occurred in 2 cases(3.8%) which<br>most often developed during treatment.<br>From this study, the results show that infrared coagulation is effective method in<br>treating first and selected second degree hemorrhoid at outpatient department.<br>