1Senior Lecturer of Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia
Online published on 2 July, 2018.
This study aims to determine the relationship of pain levels in patients using the Numeric rating scale in patients hemorrhoid operation with Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation and Rectoanal Repair (HAL-RAR) method in Siloam Hospital Makassar.
This study was an observational study with the cross-sectional analytic study. Total samples of this study were 56 hemorrhoid patients operated using HAL-RAR method. Data collected including age, gender, hemorrhoidal grading, the number of actions HAL-RAR and levels of pain perceived by the patient. Analysis of data using ANOVA and t-test.
The results showed 31 patients (55.4%) were in the age category 18–40 years. 30 patients (53.6%) were in grade III hemorrhoids. The number of actions in the HAL-RAR method most 4 actions with presentations HAL-RAR 66.1% and 60.7%. There are significant research results shows HAL-RAR operation techniques for the gender of ≥3 days postoperatively with a value of p = 0.046, correlation with age morbidity in patients with hemorrhoidal surgery during the operation with a value of p = 0.031 and there is a relationship grading hemorrhoids with pain patients p = 0.000
Hemorrhoidal surgery techniques with the HAL-RAR method prove in reducing the level of pain experienced by the patient.
Hemorrhoids, HAL-RAR, numeric rating scale