ATOMIZING HEMORRHOIDS
ATOMIZER WAND
A novel technique for removing hemorrhoids is called atomization. The Atomizer™ is a medical device specifically designed to atomize tissue. The term "atomizing hemorrhoids" was coined because the hemorrhoids are actually reduced to minute particles that form a fine mist or spray, which is immediately vacuumed away. An innovative waveform of electrical current and a specialized electrical probe, the Atomizer Wand™, was created for this purpose (patent pending). With a wave of the Atomizer Wand™, the hemorrhoids are excised or vaporized, one or more cell layers at a time. Hemorrhoids are essentially disintegrated into an aerosol of carbon and water molecules. Using the Atomizer, the tissue is sculpted into a desired shape and smoothness. As a result, the surgeon operates with minimal bleeding and gets better homeostasis than with traditional electrosurgical techniques. With the Atomizer, the patient receives better postoperative results and fewer anal tags than with traditional operative techniques. In the United States, the Ferguson hemorrhoidectomy is considered the gold standard by which most other surgical hemorrhoidectomy techniques are compared.
A clinical study at the Hemorrhoid Care Medical Clinic, of thirty patients, compared the traditional Ferguson hemorrhoidectomy with the CO2 laser hemorrhoidectomy and the Atomizer hemorrhoidectomy and revealed the following:
Figure 1: Hemorrhoidectomy: Atomizing vs. the CO2 laser.
The results of atomizing hemorrhoids are similar to those of lasering hemorrhoids, except that there is less bleeding using the Atomizer, and the Atomizer costs less. Laser produces superior cosmetic results, but in both procedures, there is less discomfort, less medication, less constipation, and less urinary retention, and hospital stay is generally not required. Complications using the Atomizer are rare, and excellent results are typical.
Atomizing hemorrhoids is offered exclusively by Dr. Rick Shacket in Arizona.