The sixth day of postoperative hemorrhoid change the doctor said that cutting the threads, which generally means removing the threads, is a means of removing a foreign body and avoiding infection.
Hemorrhoid surgery generally involves removing the prolapsed hemorrhoidal nucleus by ligating it with silk threads, causing it to become ischemic and hypoxic, necrotic and detached. Routinely, the ligated threads will fall off on their own with the necrotic hemorrhoid nuclei within 1 to 2 weeks without the need to remove the threads.
There are some patients although the hemorrhoid nucleus has been necrotic, but the ligature wire and tissue growth is not easy to fall off, it is necessary to remove in due course, to prevent the affected area of foreign body infection. So it can be seen, hemorrhoid surgery after removing the thread is a kind of wound healing, to avoid foreign body infection means.
After hemorrhoid surgery, some patients have local vascular skin ligation line, change the doctor will be based on the wound healing, considering that it will not bleed, the ligation line did not come off on its own, it is recommended that the ligation line will be removed, to avoid local irritation of the skin.
If the doctor suggests removing the ligature after hemorrhoid surgery, the ligature should be removed by the doctor in accordance with medical advice to avoid infection.