title: New rubber-band loader to facilitate use of hemorrhoid ligator.
abstract: The placement of rubber bands on a ligator is often difficult and frustrating, especially when the operator is wearing gloves. A newly designed rubber-band loader with grooves and a pusher places the bands on the ligator easily, simultaneously, and quickly even under these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Coloproctology, Tonami General Hospital, Tonami City, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosugi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwaki
mesh_terms: D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation