Asad Mahmud Malik, Abdul Majid, Mohammad Qasim Butt.
Hemorrhoids; management by rubber band ligation.
Professional Med J Jan ;13(4):664-8.

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic results of rubber band ligation in hemorrhoidal disease. Design:. Prospective case series with a minimum follow up of six months. Place and duration of study: At surgical out door department of Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi from January 2002 to July 2003. Patients and methods: One hundred patients with 1st and 2nd degree hemorrhoids were treated by rubber band ligation and injection scelerothrapy in two groups "A" and "B" with 50 patients in each group respectively. They were followed up for six months and therapeutic effects were assessed by improvement in symptom severity score, post procedure complications and number of off days from work. Results: In group "A" 38(76%) patients were cured, 7(14%) showed improvement and 5(10%) showed no improvement. While in group "B" 25(50%) patients were cured, 13 (26%) showed improvement and 12(24%) showed no improvement. In group "A" complications occurred in 15 patients and in group "B" complications occurred in 27 patients, however no serious and life threatening complications were seen. Conclusion: Rubber band ligation is a rapid, safe, effective and economical method of treating 1st and 2nd degree Hemorrhoids in out door

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