Treatment of bleeding hemorrhoids by injection sclerotherapy and rubber band ligation.
Between March 1981 and September 1982, 178 patients with first- to third-degree bleeding hemorrhoids were treated by injection sclerotherapy and rubber band ligation, as outpatients. Of the treated patients 85 to 90% were asymptomatic during 1 year of follow-up. Complications, ranging from mild to moderate, occurred in only 5.6% of the patients. We conclude that injection sclerotherapy and rubber band ligation, when properly used, are efficient, inexpensive and safe methods for the treatment of bleeding hemorrhoids.
D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation; D012408:Rubber; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D012408:Rubber