title: Single-operator hemorrhoid ligator.
abstract: A new device for elastic band ligation of hemorrhoids is presented. The three instruments used for this procedure, the anoscope, clamp, and ligator, are combined to allow performance of the procedure by a single operator.
authors.affiliation: Spinal Cord Injury Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cosman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Perkash
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation