Rafaelo for haemorrhoids
Rafaelo is a revolutionary treatment for haemorrhoids that uses high-frequency radio waves. It can stop you experiencing pain and other symptoms in just 15 minutes.
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What is it for?
To treat haemorrhoids
Treatment overview
The Rafaelo procedure is a new and effective treatment for internal haemorrhoids (also known as piles).
It significantly reduces and gets rid of symptoms such as bleeding, discharge, irritation and pain.
AOA体育平台 is one of a handful of private hospitals in London to offer this revolutionary technique.
Rafaelo uses radiofrequency ablation to precisely treat haemorrhoids without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.
This allows you to return home on the same day of your treatment.
You should also experience little or no pain after your procedure and be able to quickly return to your normal daily activities.
Why choose AOA体育平台
Excellence in one place
AOA体育平台, in collaboration with Northwestern Medicine, operate as teams of experts with world-class resources, dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of care. Supported by the latest treatments, expert guidance, and a comfortable recovery environment in our patient rooms, you'll have everything you need to regain your best health.
Personal care, every time
Exceptional patient care is a way of life for us. We鈥檒l be with you every step of the way, tailoring your care to your specific needs, including healthy and delicious meals designed to support your recovery. We keep our staff-to-patient ratio low, so our nurses, clinicians, therapists, and support teams can offer a personalised, quality experience.
Effortlessly simple
We work together as one to guide you through every step of your patient experience. From explaining your personal treatment plan to ensuring all details are taken care of, we make the process stress-free, so you can focus on your health. Whether it鈥檚 your first consultation or follow-up care, our teams are here to provide seamless support and the peace of mind you deserve.
What's included in your package?
Choosing AOA体育平台 means your treatment plan will be laid out for you, with all the details taken care of so you can focus on you.
Your treatment package will include:
- Enhanced pre-admission assessment
- Your treatment with our complete care team at your fingertips
- Personalised aftercare and follow-up
We want you to be in control of your health. That鈥檚 why we also offer optional services such as comprehensive recovery packages and extra touches for you to choose from during your stay with us. To help you manage the cost, we also offer a 0% finance option, allowing you to spread the payments for your treatment over 12 months with no added interest. Learn more about our .
How to pay
- You can use private medical insurance (PMI) to access this treatment. We work with all major PMI providers in the UK and many internationally
- You can pay for yourself (self-pay)
- If you鈥檙e paying for yourself, we have 0% finance options available with Chrysalis. Find out more .
FAQs
If you鈥檝e got internal haemorrhoids (graded 1, 2 or 3), your consultant is likely to recommend Rafaelo.
Rafaelo can be used to reduce the size of some grade 4 haemorrhoids and improve symptoms, such as pain, that you may be experiencing.
If Rafaelo cannot remove a grade 4 haemorrhoid completely, surgery can help.
Rafaelo is usually done under local anaesthetic, or sedation to help you relax.
It involves your consultant inserting a small device into your bottom (back passage) called a proctoscope.
This allows your surgeon to examine your haemorrhoids.
Your surgeon then passes a special needle probe (the Rafaelo probe) through the proctoscope into the cushion of a haemorrhoid.
Radiofrequency energy is then passed through the Rafaelo probe to treat the haemorrhoid.
The aim is to limit the blood supply to the haemorrhoid to cause it to shrink and fall away, relieving you of your symptoms.
The whole Rafaelo procedure takes an average of 15 minutes.
The benefits of Rafaelo include:
- Quick relief of symptoms
- Mild bleeding or no bleeding
- Only a local anaesthetic is used for the procedure
- Fast return to daily activity
- The procedure lasts around 15 minutes
- You don鈥檛 need to stay overnight in hospital
- Far less invasive than conventional surgery (haemorrhoidectomy)
- Medication
- Banding (rubber band ligation)
- Injections (sclerotherapy)
- Conventional haemorrhoidectomy
- Stapled haemorrhoidopexy (stapling)
- Haemorrhoidal artery ligation
- Electrotherapy
- Infrared coagulation