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Hemorrhoid Banding Rubber Band Ligation

By Terry Rusty

Rubber band ligation also known as hemorrhoid banding has been used as a surgical approach to the treatments of hemorrhoids for quite some time and depending on the research that you read the success rate ranges from fifty to seventy five percent. Rubber band ligation is used when a internal hemorrhoid is considered to be graded at the second degree mark. This is a day surgery and the recovery is typically three to five days as long as everything is successful.

With the rubber band ligation procedure the patient lies on his or her side with their knees drawn up to their chest. The doctor will expand the anal cavity by inserting a proctoscope into the rectum. Forceps are than used to allow the Barron ligator to line up with the hemorrhoid which allows the doctor to place a small rubber band around the base of the hemorrhoid which will cut off the blood supply to the swollen varicose vein which will hopefully cause it to dry out and fall off.

Hippocrates wrote about tying a hemorrhoid off with a string in order to get rid of this painful condition hundreds of years ago. Now after the procedure has been completed the patient goes home and is not to take any form of Aspirin for the first fourteen days as the ingredients in this medication causes muscles to swell and contract which can be rather painful following the rubber band ligation procedure.

The potential side effects of rubber band ligation can be pretty scary. Possible side effects include the rubber band slipping or breaking, bleeding, pain, anal fissure and a infection at the site of the hemorrhoid. The main problem with the rubber band ligation hemorrhoid procedure is that it may take care of the present hemorrhoid but does nothing to prevent more hemorrhoids from appearing in the future.

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