How to treat intestinal polyps best

Intestinal polyps are a common gastrointestinal disease. Clinically, the incidence of this disease is very high and will bring endless pain to patients. The most common symptom is massive intestinal bleeding. If not treated in time, it may cause cancer. So what should you do if intestinal polyps occur? How to choose the best treatment plan? What is the most ideal method to treat intestinal polyps?

Traditional surgical treatment of intestinal polyps often chooses the method of complete resection, but due to its technical limitations, the surgical incision is often large, the patient is in great pain, and some may even cause massive intestinal bleeding. In addition, if the intestinal polyps are found to be cancerous, traditional surgery often requires the removal of the anus or even part of the rectum, thereby destroying the normal function of the anus and causing great physical and mental pain to the patient. Traditional surgery requires large incisions, slow wound healing, and long hospitalization times.

When it comes to the treatment of intestinal polyps, many patients worry about the pain and cost of surgical treatment and choose drug treatment. However, experts warn that general drug treatments can only relieve the surface symptoms of intestinal polyps. Once the medication is stopped, the symptoms will recur. Long-term drug treatment not only cannot cure the disease, but the longer the time, the higher the cost.

Laser treatment for colorectal polyps mainly uses lasers for cutting or coagulation treatment. Ar+ lasers, YAG lasers, CO2 lasers, etc. are commonly used clinically for the treatment of gastrointestinal polyps. Ar+ lasers are mostly used for cutting or coagulation of small or flat polyps due to their low power. YAG lasers and CO2 lasers have high power and there are certain risks in the operation. For example, if the power is too high and the duration of action is not well controlled, perforation may occur easily. This is especially dangerous when performed by inexperienced physicians.

Painless endoscopic removal of polyps using high-frequency electrocoagulation is an ideal treatment method. This method uses high-frequency electric current to generate high heat in the tissue that comes into contact with the snare and burn it off, thereby completely and quickly removing the polyp and stopping the bleeding thoroughly. This method is not only easy to operate, but also has lower costs for patients and fewer complications, and can also obtain pathological examination results of the entire polyp.