Objective: comparison of two methods of open hemorrhoidectomy using electrocautery; Study design: randomized single-blind, placebo-uncontrolled, single-center, phase II trials; Study population: all patients with hemorrhoid referring to the surgery clinic; Inclusion criteria: hemorrhoids grade 3 or 4 which is proven by clinical examination, aged between 15 and 50 years, surgical indication; Exclusion criteria: history of previous anal surgery, diseases such as anal fissure or fistula, some degree of incontinency, thrombosed hemorrhoids, history of anticoagulant intake, coagulation disorders, patients with anesthesia prohibiton, addiction, the same disease that causes pain; Sample size: 60; Interventions: The first group included 30 patients will be treated by open hemorrhoidectomy, the second group of 30 patients will be treated with electrocautery hemorrhoidectomy procedures; Outcomes: the mean of pain in the first day after surgery, need for analgesic injection on the first day, hospitalization period, time to return to daily activities, pain in the first week and first month after surgery, bleeding after surgery, postoperative urinary retention, subcutaneous abscess, surgical site infection, anal fissure after surgery, gas or stool incontinancy after surgery, fistula after surgery, recurrence after surgery.