Simple surgical tweak may ease pain after hemorrhoid surgery
NCT ID NCT07360912
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding a small cut to relax the anal muscle during standard hemorrhoid surgery helps reduce pain and bleeding after the operation. 120 adults with advanced hemorrhoids were randomly assigned to get either the standard surgery or the surgery with the extra muscle cut. Researchers measured pain and bleeding over two weeks to see which approach worked better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Procedure: hemorrhoidectomy with lateral internal sphincterotomy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a simple surgical adjustment that makes recovery from hemorrhoid surgery less painful and less likely to cause bleeding.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with 120 patients, so results may not apply to everyone. Adding a muscle cut could also carry risks like incontinence in some people.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of baghdad collage of medicine
Baghdad, Iraq