caa a22 4500 465762999 CHVBK 20180323111904.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00298482 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00298482 A prospective study of infrared coagulation, injection and rubber band ligation in the treatment of haemorrhoids [Elektronische Daten] [A. Walker, R. Leicester, R. Nicholls, C. Mann] One hundred patients with non-prolapsing and one hundred with prolapsing haemorrhoids were allocated to receive conventional treatment (CT) by injection sclerotherapy or rubber band ligation, or infrared photocoagulation (IRC). Significantly more patients with nonprolapsing haemorrhoids were symptom free after IRC (81%) than CT (59%) at three months. (Chi2=4.4, p=0.05). There was no significant difference in the outcome at 1 or 4 years. Likewise for prolapsing haemorrhoids, there was no significant difference in the outcome of IRC or CT at 3 months, one or 4 years. However, recurrence of prolapse was more common after IRC (54%) than rubber band ligation (RBL) (27%) at 1 year (Chi2=3.46, p<0.1). IRC was significantly less painful than CT (p<0.001). IRC is a safe, rapid, non-invasive alternative to CT, which is acceptable to the patient and give similar results, though RBL provides more rapid and longer lasting relief from prolapse. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Walker A. Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Gosport, UK aut Leicester R. Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Gosport, UK aut Nicholls R. St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK aut Mann C. St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK aut International Journal of Colorectal Disease Springer-Verlag 5/2(1990-05-01), 113-116 0179-1958 5:2<113 1990 5 384 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00298482 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00298482 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walker A. Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Gosport, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leicester R. Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Gosport, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nicholls R. St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mann C. St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Colorectal Disease Springer-Verlag 5/2(1990-05-01), 113-116 0179-1958 5:2<113 1990 5 384 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer