Is rectal surgery major surgery?

Whether rectal surgery is a major surgery is closely related to the type of surgery, affected by the condition of the lesion itself, most of the benign lesions do not belong to major surgery, serious perianal abscess and rectal cancer are major surgery.
1. Rectal polyps: Rectal polyps are common benign lesions, which can be treated by endoscopic local excision and do not belong to major surgery.
2. Atypical hyperplasia: it is a precancerous lesion, according to the depth of the lesion, endoscopic mucosal resection or mucosal debridement can be chosen, which is not a big operation, and the recovery is usually good.
3. Rectal intussusception: through conservative treatment, can not control can choose to do rectal mucosa interrupted suture surgery, does not belong to the major surgery.
4. Perianal abscess: early perianal abscess choose to do local drainage treatment, general surgery is relatively small; serious perianal abscess accompanied by sphincter abscess formation, need to do dilation and drainage, surgery is relatively large.
5. Rectal cancer: Rectal cancer requires radical resection of tumor, partial anal preservation surgery and lymph node dissection, which is a relatively large operation and requires standardized treatment.
Rectal surgery also includes surgery for hemorrhoids, anal fissure, anal fistula, anal sinusitis, perianal abscess, etc., which generally belong to minor surgery. Therefore, the specific status of rectal surgery, need to be combined with the condition of comprehensive judgment, under the guidance of the clinician to standardize the formulation.