CHARLOTTE, N.C.—For the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease, rubber band ligation may be a more permanent fix than infrared coagulation, according to findings presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.
“Our meta-analysis demonstrated that rubber band ligation is associated with more post-procedural pain but with less disease recurrence,” said lead researcher Rami Musallam, MD, a second-year internal medicine resident at the Cleveland Clinic