Postoperative constipation of mixed hemorrhoids is one of the common postoperative complications of mixed hemorrhoids, which occurs due to many factors, and the diagnosis and treatment is complicated and the effect is not uniform. There is a relative paucity of Western medical treatments for postoperative constipation after mixed hemorrhoid surgery, and treatments such as TCM herbal tonics, acupuncture treatments, and TCM retention enemas for postoperative constipation after mixed hemorrhoid surgery are widely used in the clinic. This article summarizes the progress of clinical research on Chinese medicine treatments commonly used in recent years to promote postoperative defecation of mixed hemorrhoids, and provides reference for the application and clinical research on the use of external Chinese medicine treatments to promote postoperative defecation of mixed hemorrhoids.

Huang Yuting, Zhang Xi. Progress in the Study of Postoperative Constipation of Mixed Hemorrhoids in Chinese and Western Medical Treatment. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 9: 78-85. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2023.050915.

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