AIMS Rubber band ligation is an effective treatment for hemorrhoids. A retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate its short and long-term efficacy. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 2000 to 2008, 254 outpatients with II- degree and 114 with III-degree hemorrhoids underwent rubber band ligation. Two or three hemorrhoids were ligated per session. Each haemorrhoid was ligated with two rubber bands...

According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory, a specific physiological and pathological relationship exists between the lungs and the large intestine. The aim of this study is to delineate the association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hemorrhoids in order to verify the "interior-exterior" relationship between the lungs and the large intestine. A retrospective coh...

Background: The ideal therapy for hemorrhoids is always debated. For early grades of the disease, many different modalities of treatment have been proposed. Some are effective but are more painful, others are less painful but their efficacy is not assured on long term. Infrared photocoagulation has emerged as a new addition to the list. In this procedure, the tissue is coagulated by infrared ra...

Aim : to assess the efficacy of intranodal laser coagulation for hemorrhoids stage III. Patients and methods study included 62 patients with chronic internal III without external hemorrhoids, who were informed INLC technology, its advantages disadvantages. The selection this procedure was done due high-resolution anoscopy, in presence type 1 2 severity inflammatory changes nodes. Results on 3rd...

PURPOSE Doppler-guided ligation of the hemorrhoidal arteries was described as an alternative to hemorrhoidectomy. The authors report their experience with this procedure. METHODS From 2002 to 2004, 100 consecutive patients underwent hemorrhoidal artery ligation procedure for symptomatic hemorrhoids and were reviewed at one month and at three years. RESULTS There were 54 females. Seventy-eig...

The Milligan-Morgan (MM) operation is the most widely practiced procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids. But it is also associated with a fair amount of postoperative pain, a long period of convalescence, and complications like bleeding and anal stenosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of in-situ radiofrequency ablation (RA) of hemorrhoids. During a 6-month period, 40 patients w...

Hemorrhoids are the common benign anal problems in rural India and usually the patients present to the surgical outpatient department at late stage. This prospective randomized clinical trial is aimed to compare the results of classical versus stapled hemorrhoidopexy for treatment of third and fourth degree hemorrhoids. Objective: We report our experience on surgical treatment focusing on posto...

THE TERN[ "HEMORRHOID" iS derived f rom the Greek (haima blood; rhoos = flowing) and was first used by Hippocrates in his treatises.n 2 T h e word "pile" (Latin pila, a ball) was used in the writings of John Arderne. 3 Hemorrhoids, which are varicosities of the hemorrhoidal veins, may be internal or external. In ternal hemorrhoids occupy the submucous space proximal to the dentate line. T h e l...

BACKGROUND Hemorrhoids are the most common anorectal disorder in the Western World and are a major cause of active, relapsing or chronic rectal bleeding. Many treatment options have been proposed and tried for early-stage hemorrhoids. There is general agreement that rubber banding ligation (RBL) is safe and effective. AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness and complications associated with RBL pe...