PERSONALIZED APPROACH TO ACUTE PERIANAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS TREATMENT DEPENDING ON CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

Aim: to investigate the time period and reasons for seeing a doctor of patients with acute thrombosis and to assess treatment satisfaction.

Methods: The main complaints, symptom duration, pain severity and pathological process characteristics of patients with acute perianal venous thrombosis were recorded. The treatment strategy was determined by the doctor and the patient: the surgical thrombosed hemorrhoid removal or conservative treatment with analgesics, venotonics, drugs for stool softening. Pain severity on days 3, 7, 30 and overall satisfactions on day 30 were evaluated.

Results: 62 patients were included. The main symptoms were pain (69.4%) and discomfort (16.1%). During the first 72 hours from the disease onset 21.5% of patients saw a doctor and 66.7% of all patients underwent the surgery, on day 4–7 — 50% saw a doctor and 77% underwent the surgery, > 8 days — 28.5% and 33% respectively. During the appointment pain was 4 points according to VAS, 3 days after surgery — 5.9 points, 4–7 days — 3.9 points, > 8 days — 2.5 points. 64% of patients underwent the surgery with average pain level of 5 points, in the conservative group — of 4.5 points (p = 0.014). On day 30 80.6% of all patients were completely satisfied. Having the pain severity > 4points nobody was satisfied with conservative treatment, while 80% of surgical patients were satisfied.

Conclusion: Considering the symptom duration, pain continuing > 3 days, perianal discomfort ora «bump» the treatment tactics should be accepted by the doctor and the patient together for achieving a high treatment satisfaction.

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