Hemorrhoid surgery usually requires the removal of shorts as a means of exposing the surgical field and ensuring the sterile requirements of the procedure.
Hemorrhoids are due to congestion or bruising and enlargement of the venous plexus of the anal canal or lower rectum. There are surgical procedures such as hemorrhoidectomy alone, external stripping and internal ligation, thrombosed external hemorrhoidectomy, and anastomotic hemorrhoidal circumcision. Because the surgical site is located in the anus, so before doing the operation you need to take off the shorts to expose the anus, exposing the surgical field of view, to facilitate the operation, the specific position and the rest of the operation with the doctor.
During the surgery, the surgical site needs to be sterilized to maximize the possibility of ensuring a sterile environment within the scope of the surgery, and the scope of sterilization of the surgery should be as large as possible, so taking off the shorts facilitates the sterilization of the surgery and ensures that the surgery is sterile as required.
However, you do not need to worry too much about the problem of exposure, because after sterilization, the doctor will cover the area around the surgery with a sterile spreading towel, exposing only this part of the surgical scope. For specific matters, patients are advised to actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment.