Posthemorrhoidectomy Pain Management With Electronic Bidet or Sitz Bath

Seoul National University Hospital76 enrolled

Overview

The investigator will perform a randomized clinical trials to compare the effect of pain management and wound healing after hemorrhoidectomy between warm sitz bath and electronic bidet.

After hemorrhoidectomy, the patients should take warm sitz bath for relieving pain and inducing wound healing. Electronic bidet is a device for cleansing the anus after defecation, and some patients are using the bidet for sitz bath. Thus, the investigator perform this study for comparing the effect of pain and wound management after hemorrhoidectomy between sitz bath and electronic bidet

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hemorrhoid

Interventions

Electronic bidetOTHER

electronic bidet after hemorrhoidectomy for relieving pain and inducing wound healing

Sitz bathOTHER

sitz bath after hemorrhoidectomy for relieving pain and inducing wound healing

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * the patients who undergo hemorrhoidectomy Exclusion Criteria: * previous history of anal surgery * Crohn's anal disease * perianal complex abscess or fistula * uncontrollable medical disease * Tb * HIV * malignancy * immunocompromised * pregnancy * breast feeding * NSAID allergy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain score

visual analog scale after hemorrhoidectomy at 1 week

Time frame: 1 week

Secondary Outcomes

wound healing

wound healing rate at 4 week

Time frame: 4 week

convenience

questionnaire survey for convenience of wound management after hemorrhoidectomy

Time frame: 4 week

urinary difficulty

IPSS, urinary difficulty questionnaire

Time frame: 4 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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