title: Ligation of hemorrhoids as an office procedure.
abstract: Hemorrhoidectomy has been done on all our patients in whom operation was indicated, using the ligation method in the office. The patient does not require hospitalization or general anesthesia and rarely has pain or loss of time from work. Many thousands of hospital bed-days have been saved for more serious problems. The results of the treatment of our first 1000 patients have been very satisfactory.
mesh_terms: D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013511:Minor Surgical Procedures; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications